The Chairman of the All Auto bike Commercial Owners and Workers Association
of Nigeria (ANACOWA), Aliyu Wamba, on Tuesday said the restriction of
commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, from some routes in Lagos is a ploy by the State government to out rightly ban that means of transportation.
Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s morning programme, Sunrise, Mr Wamba said one of the state government requirements for any okada plying designated route is that the motorcycle engine capacity must not be below 200cc.
“If they use the word ‘ban’, it would sound very ugly to the hearing of the masses, the truth is that they have ban okada in Lagos” Mr Wamba said.
When corrected by a host of the programme that the state government
only prohibited okada riders from plying 475 routes, the union leader
requested permission to elaborate a salient point in the new traffic
law.
He said: “There is another clause that says if your motorcycle is below 200cc, you are prohibited from the other routes in Lagos. So which other routes can okadas ply?
Mr Wamba said all the engine capacity of all the motorcycles in Lagos is below 200cc.
The union leader said the government is taking the steps to ban commercial motorcycles in Lagos because “they hate okada riders”. The government however insisted that the new law is to bring sanity on the road.
The law prohibits okada riders from carrying pregnant women,
school-children or women with children. It also prohibits the riders
from carrying more than one passenger and from riding against traffic or
riding on the kerb, median or road set- backs.
Furthermore the commercial motorcyclists are prohibited from plying major roads in Lagos
including Herbert Macaulay Way, Nurudeen Olowopopo Road, Agidingbi
Road, Adeola Odeku, Ajose Adeogun, Allen Avenue, Opebi, Isaac John,
Mobolaji Johnson Way, Oduduwa Way, among others.
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