Insurance Didn’t Cover Lagos Buses Burnt During #EndSARS - Governor Sanwo-Olu Says

 

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, says state government cannot file for insurance claims on the mass transit buses burnt during the #EndSARS protests in 2020. He, however, said the government would replace the vehicles.

According to him, the premium paid on the vehicles did not cover what eventually happened to them.

Several government properties especially buses were burnt during the protests.

Sanwo-Olu said these in an interview on Channels Television which turned into aired on Sunday and monitored by our correspondent.

The governor stated, “In fact, we've began the communication. The interesting thing is that we are operating with a local bus production business enterprise and it's miles going to include almost the equal specification as those that have been alas destroyed.

“They had been insured but coverage will never cover you 100 in step with cent. These are beyond coverage; they're like herbal disaster or events like arson or riots, which are not included. These are like unexpected, surprising incidents.”

The governor noted that the inter-metropolis rail network being constructed by the Federal Government stimulated the intra-metropolis challenge in Lagos.

He stated, “For us, it's miles to seize the opportunity, build the rail infrastructure, go line-in-line with the NRC in a few places; we want to construct our terminals and sidelines; we need to have a joint communique method with them and we need to build overpasses such that we will have intra-town community from Oyingbo to Ebute Meta to Yaba to Jibowu to Mushin to Ikeja to Agege to Ijaiye and eventually to Agbado.

“So, at the same time as the Federal Government is taking humans out of Lagos to different elements of the us of a, we are preserving our very own visitors that is internal to Lagos.”

Sanwo-Olu said the authorities had also received 20 boats with 50-passenger, 40-passenger and 30-passenger capacities.

“We are connecting the complete Lagos also with waterways,” he stated.

The governor additionally defined that the authorities did now not meant to render operators of the Yellow Buses, popularly called ‘Molue’ and ‘Danfo’, noting that they might associate the government in jogging the new metro initiatives.

“We need to collaborate; we want to engage. These are essential stakeholders. They have served our citizens; they have served Lagosians for goodbye in time. They yellow buses have end up the paint of Lagos. Let us see how we will redecorate them.”