The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned top ride-hailing companies — Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide — to appear for a public hearing aimed at addressing growing tensions in the sector.
According to a statement in Lagos on Monday by the of the Lagos Chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria (AUATON), Public Relations Officer, Mr. Steven Iwindoye, the union’s Chairman, Mr. Azeez Jaiyesimi said that the public hearing scheduled for Tuesday was in response to the petition by AUATON to the assembly.
‘The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide to appear for a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, 17 June.
‘The hearing aims to address the growing unrest in the ride-hailing sector and create a framework for safer, fairer, and more accountable operations in the Nigerian gig economy’, Jaiyesimi said.
It was reported that the union filed a public petition to the assembly, raising concerns over insecurity, labour rights violations, and regulatory non-compliance by ride-hailing companies operating in the state.
The petition has the title: ‘Public Petition Against Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide for non-compliance with the National Collective Agreement and Corporate Negligence, Resulting in the Victimisation of App-Based Transport Workers in Nigeria’
The union accused the named platforms of systematic neglect and exploitative practices that continued to endanger the lives and livelihoods of thousands of drivers across Lagos.
The key grievances raised in the petition included ‘Driver Profiling and Passenger Safety’, ‘Unilateral Pricing Policies’; ‘Lack of Welfare Support’; ‘Commission Discrepancies’; ‘Suppression of Union Rights’, among other issues
