Waitlist open · pickup points being set up

Carpool from Surulere to Victoria Island

From Bode Thomas, Adeniran Ogunsanya, Ojuelegba and the National Stadium side of Surulere to VI: when rides start, you’ll share the drive with verified professionals on the same road. The waitlist is open and pickup points are being set up.

Surulere to Victoria Island

via Funsho Williams Avenue and Eko Bridge

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The road: Western Avenue and Eko Bridge

Surulere is close to the Island on a map and far from it at 7:30 am. Most mornings the drive goes out along Funsho Williams Avenue (Western Avenue to most of us), past the National Stadium, onto Eko Bridge and across Lagos Island to VI. One slow spot on the bridge and the whole journey stretches.

Sharing a car on this route doesn’t shorten the bridge. It means you’re not paying for a whole car to sit on it, and the people next to you are verified professionals going to the same part of town.

Pickup points: being set up

Pickup points here are still being set up. We’re looking at landmarks Surulere already uses, easy to name, with somewhere a car can pull in. Likely places include:

Leisure Mall, Adeniran Ogunsanya
Bode Thomas Street
Ojuelegba
National Stadium
Victoria IslandDrop-off

These aren’t in road order yet: the order will follow the drive to Eko Bridge once the points are set. Live in Masha, Aguda or Itire? Join, choose Other and say where you’d wait.

Morning and evening times

Morning pickups are planned for 6:30 to 7:30 am. Heading home, cars will leave VI between 5:00 and 7:00 pm and come back over the same bridge. You choose the time you usually leave when you join, and rides will only run between 5:00 am and 10:00 pm.

We’ll add typical journey times for this route once the pickup points are set and the first drivers have timed it.

Every ride will be confirmed ahead: morning rides the evening before, rides home by 4:30 pm on the day. If someone can’t make it, Simbi, Ganusii’s WhatsApp assistant, will offer the seat to someone else on the route or tell everyone who is riding.

Ganusii: Riding tomorrow morning, Ngozi? Your carpool on Surulere → Victoria Island picks up around 06:50 at Leisure Mall, Adeniran Ogunsanya. Tap below to confirm your seat.18:00

Example of the 6:00 pm message, with a fictional member. Pickup points on this route are still being set up, so the place is only an example.

What a solo ride-hail costs today

Solo ride-hail, Surulere to VI, weekday morning

Being checked

We’re checking what a solo Bolt or Uber from Surulere to Victoria Island costs on a weekday morning, and will post the range here with the month.

Until then, price your own trip in Bolt or Uber at the time you usually leave. That’s the same guide Ganusii will show when you and your driver agree a fare.

How the fare is agreed

There’s no set Ganusii price during the pilot. Today’s solo ride-hail fare for the same trip is the guide. How fares work

Your offer
What you’d pay for a seat, one way.
Your driver’s ask
What they’d accept for a seat, one way.
Agreed fare
Everyone in the car pays the same, directly to the driver after each ride.

Verified people, and HELP on every ride

In an emergency, call 112 or 767 (Lagos emergency) first. Ganusii is not an emergency service. When you can, message HELP so the team knows.

Everyone will show a government-issued ID, take a live photo and confirm a work email before they ride; drivers also share their licence and vehicle details. When rides start, you can message HELP on any ride to report a safety concern or a car or trip issue, and the Ganusii team watches HELP from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm. Trust and safety in full

Questions about this route

How much is a carpool from Surulere to VI?

There’s no set Ganusii price. You say what you’d pay for a seat, one way, your driver says what they’d accept, and today’s fare for the same trip by solo ride-hail is the guide. You’ll pay your driver directly. We’re still checking today’s solo fare from Surulere to VI; until then, check Bolt or Uber at the time you leave.

Where will I be picked up in Surulere?

Pickup points on this route are being set up, at landmarks Surulere already uses, such as Leisure Mall on Adeniran Ogunsanya, Bode Thomas Street, Ojuelegba and the National Stadium. You’re never picked up at your gate; you walk to the nearest point.

Which way does the car go to VI?

Usually along Funsho Williams Avenue and over Eko Bridge, then across Lagos Island to Victoria Island. Your driver decides on the day; your pickup point and drop-off stay the same.

I work in Ikoyi or on the Marina, not VI. Can I still join?

Yes. Choose where you work when you join. Surulere to Victoria Island is the route on the waitlist now, and every signup shows us where the next carpools should go.

Are Ganusii carpools running from Surulere yet?

Not yet. The waitlist is open and the first route is Lekki / Ajah to Victoria Island; Surulere is on the waitlist. Carpools start on a route when enough verified drivers and riders are leaving around the same time.

Who will I share the car with?

Verified professionals going the same way: everyone shows a government-issued ID, takes a live photo and confirms a work email, and drivers also share their licence and vehicle details. You’ll get the first names and numbers of the people in your car. In an emergency, call 112 or 767 (Lagos emergency) first. Ganusii is not an emergency service.

Going from Surulere to Victoria Island?

Join the free waitlist with your route. It takes 2 minutes, after that everything happens on WhatsApp, and every signup on this route brings its first carpool closer.