Nigeria, Dec. 2 -- The Lagos State Government has announced plans to phase out small commercial buses, widely known as korope, from major highways as it accelerates efforts to modernise public transportation under the Lagos Strategic Transport Master Plan.

The move is part of the next phase of the Lekki-Epe Bus Reform Scheme, which will begin on 8 December. The reform is one element of the broader Bus Reform Initiative (BRI), conceived to replace the city's largely informal minibus operations with a structured system of high-capacity, regulated buses.

At a stakeholders' meeting held to finalise arrangements for the rollout, officials from the Ministry of Transportation, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), and repre...