GOVERNANCE AND INTER - INTRA PUBLIC TRANSPORT POLITICS IN LAGOS STATE

Divisions, conflicts, and power struggles are some of the complexities that threaten the effective governance of public urban spaces, especially motor parks in Nigeria. This research explores the changing role of the Lagos Parks and management committee (LASPAC) formally called the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Particular attention is paid to the ways in which political agency is being exercised at different levels (that is, both within the NURTW and the state), the manner in which the Union-State relationship is weaponized by both parties and how the Union is drawn into patronage networks that redistribute resources provided by the state. The study employs the use of qualitative primary data research generated from 13 participants; findings of this research shows that the selfish interest of the political elite in weaponizing the Union led to the changing role of the Union in society to a militant wing.