There is a quiet crisis unfolding daily in Abuja, quiet not because it is small, but because those in power have chosen not to hear it. It is the sound of thousands of Nigerians stranded at bus stops before dawn. It is the anger of workers watching half their salaries disappear into transport fares. It is the exhaustion of a city that was planned for order but now runs on chaos. Abuja’s public transport system is not just failing it has collapsed.
For the average resident, especially medium and low-income earners, movement across the city has become a daily punishment. There is no reliable bus system. No coordinated network. No price stability. Just a disorderly mix of minibuses, tricycles, and opportunistic operators dictating fares at will.
In a city where distances are vast, this is not an inconvenience. It is economic violence.
A worker living in Nyanya or Kubwa can spend up to a third of their income just trying to get to work. A petty trader from Karu may lose hours each day in transit, with no guarantee of safety or predictability. The result is a silent erosion of livelihoods one bus fare at a time.…Proceed Reading; Read Full Original.
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