Sequel to the ban on okadas in Lagos State, I felt the urge to alleviate the suffering of my people in my own little way and at the same time do some cool business, I recently bought a keke Marwa for a hire-purchase arrangement. Keke is on ground and a driver is readily available with agreement drawn and everything set. Alas, I could not get the keke registered/numbered as a result of the state government's ban on okada. It was made known that okadas and kekes use the same number plates and therefore the ban is affecting Marwa also. Who in the house knows when the ban will be lifted for Keke Marwa please? I spent close to N400,000 on the purchase and the keke is parked at my house, idle! What manner of "..........government for the people is this"?

something must be wrong somewhere. motorcycle is different from tri-cycle.
make wider consultation, you will find a solution.

Thank you fm7070, the only seemingly positive response I've got is that the ban (on keke)might be lifted this month end. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Interesting ...all along i having been pushing for sales in Lagos of tricycles i export to Nigeria. Not knowing it's under ban. Then how have people been coping since the advent ban of Okada in Lagos state?
If u are in other parts of Nigeria, we offer finance and technical support to Micro-finance bank in tricycle procurement for leasing purposes

delgroveng: Interesting ...all along i having been pushing for sales in Lagos of tricycles i export to Nigeria. Not knowing it's under ban. Then how have people been coping since the advent ban of Okada in Lagos state?
If u are in other parts of Nigeria, we offer finance and technical support to Micro-finance bank in tricycle procurement for leasing purposes

For now, the ban is temporary. One does not even know what to believe again, some people say same fate that befell okada will soon be the portion of keke while some others say Fashola intends to introduce his own kekes massively to replace okada (that might be true considering the limitations he's placing on existing kekes - he's already placed restrictions on their routes).