Bike-hailing startups finally reach an agreement with the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Tech Cabal Reported.

 

 

Riders affiliated with these startups will buy a ₦500 daily ticket that allowing them to operate anywhere in the state.

 

After months of bickering between bike hailing companies and the two unions.

 

The unions have harassed riders affiliated with ORide, MAX, and Gokada. They force them to pay levies to operate in many parts of Lagos for months.

 

After a series of meetings, the unions had proposed a ₦1000 daily ticket which the startups rebuffed.

 

This new agreement, brokered by the Lagos State government, which stood by as the unions extorted, harassed and beat up bike-hailing riders.

 

As part of the new ticketing arrangement, the NURTW and RTEAN will each receive ₦200, while ₦100 will go to the local government where the ticket was sold.

 

“So every rider will buy these tickets and it will allow them to operate anywhere in Lagos”, said the source who did not want to be named told Tech Cabal.

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No Bike-hailing license Relief

But the deal does not provide much relief for bike-hailing companies. The Lagos State government is still planning to go ahead with its proposed licence for startups.

 

“After settling with the unions we will come for our own,” a special adviser to the Lagos State governor allegedly told the startups, the source said.

 

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