Most
times wethink of Lagos as the DIRTIEST CITY IN THE WORLD.Especially
when you visit the OSHODI's And The MUSHIN's (NO DISRESPECT PLS)...
THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS OOH MY ARRRGGGGH...One cannot talk about Lagos, without a critical look at the 1947 Volkswagen Van- the golden-yellow Danfo or the popular Molue. Danfo and Molue are interesting part of ‘Lagos-experience’. Danfo are in most cases not roadworthy and rickety; while those that go to Ijora, Orile and Ajegunle Routes, are what Papa Ajasco called jalopy. Molue are simply rattletrap, however, with N20 (TWENTY NAIRA) Molue can take you a far as from Ikeja to Oshodi or from Apapa to CMS up to Obalande. Not having experienced a ride on a Molue or a Danfo, one has not got the Lagos experience! All passengers have to pay before a Molue or a Danfo begins its journey; if it breakdown on the way, you are on your own. The moment, Molue or Danfo begins its journey- more than half of the passengers will start shouting- ‘coonnduucctooor’ give me my change; Lagos conductors are experts in cheating commuters.
One interesting thing is- you hardly see a Molue or a Danfo without an interesting inscription in it- from ‘ALL ON ME’ to ‘GOD IS IN CONTROL’. To commute from one place to another by Lagos BRT buses is enjoyable; however, the buses where competing with Okada on the BRT lanes- untill the ban by BRF (hmmm ALMOST SAME INITIALS WITH THE BUS)
Lagos can be likened to a beauty Queen, dressed in a glittery-white-satin, standing beside a street, smiling and waving to passersby, but when she speaks, her mouth smells, she has body odor, she is arrogant and materialistic....Besides the fact that it a shadow of our slogan "CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE.......we soooo love it....Lagos has its hidden beauty...
THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS OOH MY ARRRGGGGH...One cannot talk about Lagos, without a critical look at the 1947 Volkswagen Van- the golden-yellow Danfo or the popular Molue. Danfo and Molue are interesting part of ‘Lagos-experience’. Danfo are in most cases not roadworthy and rickety; while those that go to Ijora, Orile and Ajegunle Routes, are what Papa Ajasco called jalopy. Molue are simply rattletrap, however, with N20 (TWENTY NAIRA) Molue can take you a far as from Ikeja to Oshodi or from Apapa to CMS up to Obalande. Not having experienced a ride on a Molue or a Danfo, one has not got the Lagos experience! All passengers have to pay before a Molue or a Danfo begins its journey; if it breakdown on the way, you are on your own. The moment, Molue or Danfo begins its journey- more than half of the passengers will start shouting- ‘coonnduucctooor’ give me my change; Lagos conductors are experts in cheating commuters.
One interesting thing is- you hardly see a Molue or a Danfo without an interesting inscription in it- from ‘ALL ON ME’ to ‘GOD IS IN CONTROL’. To commute from one place to another by Lagos BRT buses is enjoyable; however, the buses where competing with Okada on the BRT lanes- untill the ban by BRF (hmmm ALMOST SAME INITIALS WITH THE BUS)
Lagos can be likened to a beauty Queen, dressed in a glittery-white-satin, standing beside a street, smiling and waving to passersby, but when she speaks, her mouth smells, she has body odor, she is arrogant and materialistic....Besides the fact that it a shadow of our slogan "CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE.......we soooo love it....Lagos has its hidden beauty...
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