In less than two weeks, Mrs Damola Akintunde has been served two queries by his employer for resuming work late. It is unusual of the 32-year-old resident of Olowora, Isheri area of Lagos State.
For the past four years she has been working with an insurance firm in Ikoyi, 40 kilometres from her residence, lateness was a rarity. She devised some methods to beat the regular morning traffic and ensured she was at work before the 8am resumption time.
She went on, “These days, I trek for 20 minutes from Isheri to Berger bus stop because keke and okada no longer ply that route. I spend about an hour at Berger queuing for buses en route to Obalende. Worse still, the traffic is more than it used to be. Akintude’s plight is similar to what many commuters now go through in Nigeria’s commercial capital in the wake of the enforcement.
“I am just lucky my boss is compassionate. He gave us 30 minutes extra beyond the normal resumption time. Yet, many of us can’t meet up,” he added. “Sleeping on duty is a serious offence where I work, but I couldn’t just help it these days,” the resident of Ogudu bemoaned. In the short-term measures, administrators urged employers to take strategic steps to address the traffic challenge.
“For now, employers should treat the situation with understanding. These are realities and everybody is caught up in it. While the employees should try as much as possible to be responsible, where it is unavoidable and they are caught up in proven cases of traffic jam, employers should treat it with understanding and not kill an ant with a sledge hammer.”
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