Plans are ongoing to remove yellow buses, popularly known as danfo, from Lagos roads. This was revealed by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode.
Ambode explained that danfo would give way to a more efficient, well-structured and world-class mass transport system that would facilitate ease of movement within the city.
Ambode also said his administration had completed work on a comprehensive environmental sanitation policy that would make the city to be clean without any burden on the people in terms of taxes.
Speaking at the 14th annual lecture of the Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) at the Muson Centre in Onikan with the theme, ‘Living Well Together, Tomorrow: The Challenge of Africa’s Future Cities,’ Ambode admitted that the danfo transport system in Lagos was not acceptable and befitting of a megacity, adding that a well-structured transport mode was needed to address the challenge.
The governor said the main objective of his administration was the growth of the Lagos economy from fifth to the third largest economy in Africa.
In his opening remarks, CVL founder and renowned development expert, Prof. Pat Utomi, said the idea behind the formation of the group was to get young people to appreciate early that leadership was all about service to the people.
Chairman on the occasion and a former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, said Nigeria’s population by 2050 would have tripled, adding that it was important for the country to start planning for liveable cities.
Yellow bus also known as Danfo in Lagos
