{"id":167138,"date":"2025-06-16T20:08:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T19:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis"},"modified":"2025-06-16T21:27:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:27:39","slug":"lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned major ride-hailing operators, including Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide, to appear at a public hearing addressing rising concerns within the sector.<\/p>\n<p>This development was disclosed by Mr Azeez Jaiyesimi, chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria, AUATON, in a statement issued by the union\u2019s Public Relations Officer, Mr Steven Iwindoye, on Monday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Jaiyesimi stated that the hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, was convened in response to a formal petition submitted by the union to the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide to appear for a public hearing scheduled for Tuesday, June 17.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Jaiyesimi said.<\/p>\n<p>The petition, filed by AUATON, raised several issues, including insecurity, labour rights violations, and alleged regulatory non-compliance by the companies operating in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Entitled \u201cPublic 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,\u201d the document accuses the platforms of systemic neglect and exploitative practices that endanger both drivers\u2019 safety and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Key grievances outlined in the petition include concerns over driver profiling and passenger safety, unilateral pricing models, insufficient welfare provisions, inconsistencies in commission structures, and the suppression of union rights, among other complaints.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned major ride-hailing operators, including Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and LagRide, to appear at a public hearing addressing rising concerns within the sector. This development was disclosed by Mr Azeez Jaiyesimi, chairman of the Lagos Chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":167137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[10306,1634,254,14068],"class_list":["post-167138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-bolt","tag-lagos-assembly","tag-nigeria","tag-uber"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over crisis - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned major ride-hailing operators, including Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and La ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Lagos State House of Assembly has summoned major ride-hailing operators, including Uber, Bolt, Indrive, Rida, and La ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T19:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-16T20:27:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750093137.963169.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"946\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"618\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-16T19:08:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-16T20:27:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/sm_1750093137.963169.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bolt\",\"lagos assembly\",\"Nigeria\",\"Uber\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lagos-assembly-summons-uber-bolt-others-over-crisis\",\"name\":\"Lagos Assembly summons Uber, Bolt, others over crisis - 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