The acrid smell of urine pervaded the air. It was sickening. Yet the bus conductor, who seemed nonchalant, continued to yell on top of his voice: Ibadan MotorParks Parks LagosParks
It was obvious that all that mattered to him was to attract as much as passengers as he could to patronise the buses. Commuters and passers-by, whose nostrils were harassed and violated by the stench oozing from the filthy environment, hurried through the motor park.
In some instances however, though provisions were made for mobile toilets, perhaps the unwillingness of the public to pay stipulated fees for services and poor enforcement make the ugly practices to continue. Mrs. Florence Ituah, a passenger on her way to Ibadan from Oshodi Park, lamented the absence of better parks in the state, saying she regretted going there to board a bus.
The organising leader at Iso Ibadan, Mr. Lagata said: “We carry passengers going to Ilorin, Ibadan, Osogbo, Ife, and Ado in this park. We had a toilet, but it is not functional, as the person that used to clean it passed away in 2019. Since then, we have been directing passengers to a public toilet, but they have to pay.
At Moshood Abiola Motor Park in Iyana-Isolo, the story was quite different. Not only was there a good toilet, it was also well managed by the garage operators. “Last week, I was really pressed and had to plead with some men to allow me use the bush at the back of their garage, due to the unavailability of toilet. But they hurled insults at me, even after begging them with N500, as I was really pressed. It took the intervention of a woman , who was present at the scene that allowed me use her toilet.”
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