Commuters Stranded At Ilorin Motor Parks

Many commuters travelling
out of  Ilorin, the Kwara capital, were  stranded last Sunday  at various motor parks.
Our correspondent reports that the development was coming some five days after the celebration of the Eid-el-Kabir festival.
Our correspondent, who visited some parks  in Ilorin metropolis, sighted many  commuters waiting endlessly for vehicles to convey them to their destinations.
Our correspondent  further reports that  transport fares for the few available vehicles were increased by more than 100  per cent in some instances with commuters scrambling to board them.
At the popular Sawmill Motor Park in the metropolis, some commuters were sighted engage in a free-for-all  over the few available seats in some commercial vehicles.
It took the intervention of some executive members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW)  to restore order.
Many of the  commuters,  who spoke with our correspondent,  described the few  commercial vehicles at the parks  as deplorable, adding that many travellers had arrived the parks as early as 5. a.m.
The Vice Chairman of the NURTW at the Sawmill Motor Park, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji, lamented the development, attributing it  to the few vehicles at the disposal of members.