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Whirlwind

12 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read

Nigerian youths did not say #EndPolice. Now police is trying to blackmail everybody by leaving the cities and their inhabitants at the mercy of armed robbers. Yesterday, a young lady was shot dead at our bus stop at the close of work. It looked like a robbery because they

accosted her in front of an ATM gallery where she went to withdraw money. Again, it looked like an attack because nothing of hers was taken and even her sister was not robbed. She was shot in the head after she refused to join her stalkers on their bike. Eye witnesses said they

called her by name, meaning they know her. Further enquiry shows she jilted her former boyfriend not long ago and began another relationship. She was preparing to wed next month.

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28 Jan

The paratransit mode needs to be confined to where it belongs. Where it will be playing a feeder role for BRT and other formal modes. Nigeria is about the only country where paratransit competes with formal modes of public transportation.

Some would argue that paratransit is creating employment for our teeming youths. That is very true. It is for the same reason the government did not consider outright ban.
The exclusion of paratransit from major routes means higher patronage and higher income for BRT.

That in turn would mean more buses, wider coverage, improved ridership and more pax trips at affordable prices.
Unless we do not want the BRT anymore. But in the history of public transportation, the BRT is rated as one of the best things that happened to urban mobility in the

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