Some decisions are better deliberated and all stakeholders opinion shared before pronouncing Law, Bikes and keke has been a reduced traffic stress on most Lagosians. Okada Ban wouldn't help the present traffic situation but a well structured road network would resolve the issue. God Help Lagos state God help Nigeria.

Lol

nickvanilla:
I've been trying to get my hands on that useless law that Lagos State enacted to ban Okadas.

How can you make a law that can directly impoverish millions of people in one day! If this is not pure evil I don't know what to call it. The law must be revoked! We will not stand for this deliberate act of wickedness and economic segregation.

God bless the good people of Lagos State!

Your post is senseless. Do you think you are wiser than the people who took this decision?

Do you know the rate of influx of Foreign Fulanis and Hausa from neighboring countries to Lagos every minute?
Have you consider the security threat they pose to this place?
Have you heard about Bokoharam and their plans to infiltrate Lagos?
Did you hear or read in the news how Hausa Okada riders burnt down a local govt secretariat and looted the building before burning it down?
Do you use our roads...if you do, you'd see how keke and okada riders cause unnecessary traffic jams by creating illegal lanes and taking one-way thereby causing accidents every minute.
Do you know how many hand bags are snatched by okada riders every minutes?
Do you know how many reported robbery cases done by okada riders as you read this?

The list is endless.

I hope the govt would stamp their foot this time and end the menace cause by okada and keke riders.

Okada and Keke Marwa must remain banned.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

byteem:


U Need You need education..

You need it more...

Xisnin:
Ambode is to blame.
If he hadn't been a tool just to reverse Fashola's policies,
the Okadas would not have overrun Lagos.

Rubbish.

Larryhoover:
This is a tight call for the govt. due to the challenges of safety and security.
However, the govt. Should look for alternatives means to provide succor to commuters in Lagos as the traffic is getting worse by the day.

For the investors, this is a big blow for them and they need to rethink on how to go about it. Nigeria is just a funny place to invest as you never can tell what policy would affect your business the next day. 7.5VAT implementation commences tomorrow and will most likely affect some businesses.

Which investors are you talking about? I do not regard rideshare or Okada-rideshare companies as investors. Do they really invest any money in the economy? No.

All they do is pay a fee to the government and open an office, do little advertisement. They don't buy or own any equipment or vehicle of their own. It is people vehicles/Okada and time that make money for them. In fact, I prefer that this industry should be open only to Nigerian companies or investors. No foreigners. Once they make their money, they repatriate the scarce foreign currency to their home countries. They are having a easy ride here.

casdoruche:
I believe uber and bolts are having a hard time competing with these bikers.

That is not the point. The point is, Motorbikes are not made for commercial transportation!

Govt policy can i either make or mar your biz.

When will the Lagos state government ban agberoes?

fergie006:

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/01/31/okada-ban-gokada-opay-operators-others-protest-in-lagos/

This Okada is their only means of survival, to ban them from operating it on the major areas where they get lots of passengers on dailybasis, then provide them other means of making money else face high level of armed robbery , banditry and other crimes.

Wicked government.
They think they are in the abroad.

GamalNasser:


I guess this is Ambode

You are ignorant of business best practises.
This advice can save you millions in the future.
Never equate an official friendliness with government law or policy.
Even if Sanwo-Olu is seen advertising for GoKada, that doesn't mean sht.
Such companies will do well to get real legal protection in place.

Snapping pictures with helmet means nothing as far as a state law
or government policy is concerned.

Lagos neither approves nor register Okada business.

AfroKnight:
The people I pity the most are those who don’t have cars, living far away from work. And of course those who’s job involves going to markets to source materials while juggling meetings. Na dem go enter the real gbege.

I think they just want to raise revenue of BRT operators.

Xisnin:


You are ignorant of business best practises.
This advice can save you millions in the future.
Never equate an official friendliness with government law or policy.
Even if Sanwo-Olu is seen advertising for GoKada, that doesn't mean sht.
Such companies will do well to get real legal protection in place.

Snapping pictures with helmet means nothing as far as a state law
or government policy is concerned.

Lagos neither approves nor register Okada business.

I run a very successful Business you don't so shut up

GamalNasser:


I run a very successful Business you don't so shut up

Even a roadside shoemaker runs a "successful" business.

You are such an experienced business person that you think snapping pics
with a governor is the same thing as a contract or legal backing.

Nukilia:
Buy car and give them to drive

That's the problem I have with nigeira govt ,u ban something like say u have provided for them another alternative ,,,,

Am very sure ,if these same persons buy fairly used car next week , govt will come for their head saying they want to remove every expired vehicle from the high way

muyinet:


Your post is senseless. Do you think you are wiser than the people who took this decision?

Do you know the rate of influx of Foreign Fulanis and Hausa from neighboring countries to Lagos every minute?
Have you consider the security threat they pose to this place?
Have you heard about Bokoharam and their plans to infiltrate Lagos?
Did you hear or read in the news how Hausa Okada riders burnt down a local govt secretariat and looted the building before burning it down?
Do you use our roads...if you do, you'd see how keke and okada riders cause unnecessary traffic jams by creating illegal lanes and taking one-way thereby causing accidents every minute.
Do you know how many hand bags are snatched by okada riders every minutes?
Do you know how many reported robbery cases done by okada riders as you read this?

The list is endless.

I hope the govt would stamp their foot this time and end the menace cause by okada and keke riders.

Okada and Keke Marwa must remain banned.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH

It's clear that you're just a scared, misinformed person running your mouth on nairaland. You do not know anything about keke and okada riders. Most of the people driving kekes are either Yorubas or Igbos and many people who drive okadas are Nigerians (Hausa,Igbo,Yoruba) struggling to eke out a living for themselves.

Yes, many of them drive recklessly but is that good enough reason to ban them? Think!

I know many people who have used Okada riding to train their kids through school and are still using it to survive presently. Yes, you may not like the sight of people driving Okadas or Kekes in tattered clothes but these are petty jobs that help to reduce crime rate in Lagos.

These people must eat!

Xisnin:

Even a roadside shoemaker runs a "successful" business.

You are such an experienced business person that you think snapping pics
with a governor is the same thing as a contract or legal backing.

Keep fooling yourself but those of us in the system know what has happened ..Enjoy your used Camry life and GTFOH

No alternatives
I hope it doesn't result more crime and more traffic stress

byteem:
Throwing the baby and bathwater away is not the way to go.. we all agree Okada should be banned across lagos sef cause of those class of riders who kill and maim without value for lives .agreed they have flooded lagos and need to be cut.. but in doing that lets adopt the Gokada and Max Option NOT OPAY OO..

Gokada and Max do extensive KYC before bikes are handed down to riders .they have all their papers and follow traffic regulations as a user i know .. Opay on the other hand are terrible they dnt follow KYC and drive rough.. ban OPAY or have them follow a stricter process for onboarding.

Trust me Aboki can never get a Gokada Bike or Max Bike cause they cant meet the requirements

...more reason their ban
The powers that be won't tolerate Aboki being screened they would rather pull down the okada bizness model
Disfranchised the northerners at your peril
Won't be surprised the Lagos state government was ordered by the northern elite

GamalNasser:


Keep fooling yourself but those of us in the system know what has happened ..Enjoy your used Camry life and GTFOH

See this loser forming online.
You are functionally illiterate.

I thought you run a "successful business"?
Oh, you are now part of the "system" that knows what happen.

Here is the fact, no matter what you claim online, your offline life will be
still be as shitty as it was before you log off.

Instead of banning these okada riders why can't the government create their own ride-way. You can see a lot of commercial bike riders in Countries like Benin (Cotonou), Togo (Lome) etc their government make ride-ways for commercial bike riders in some areas . Lagos transportation system is bad, that's the issue. They have no idea how many guys they are going to render unproductive.

slivertongue:
anarchy is looming

government will unloom it

fergie006:

https://www.channelstv.com/2020/01/31/okada-ban-gokada-opay-operators-others-protest-in-lagos/

In my opinion, I believe they should be regulated. The only thing is that, there must be strict guidelines on accomodating bike riders in the org and strict compliance to traffic rules

Call for your vitafoam mattress...with free delivery to your door step

nickvanilla:


It's clear that you're just a scared, misinformed person running your mouth on nairaland. You do not know anything about keke and okada riders. Most of the people driving kekes are either Yorubas or Igbos and many people who drive okadas are Nigerians (Hausa,Igbo,Yoruba) struggling to eke out a living for themselves.

Yes, many of them drive recklessly but is that good enough reason to ban them? Think!

I know many people who have used Okada riding to train their kids through school and are still using it to survive presently. Yes, you may not like the sight of people driving Okadas or Kekes in tattered clothes but these are petty jobs that help to reduce crime rate in Lagos.

These people must eat!

They must eat while they kill other people who are unfortunate enough to ride on their bikes?
Are you for real?
People have being going to work eve before the advent of okada and marwa keke. pls do away with them already.
Their disadvantage to the society far outweighs their advantage.

Go to emergency units at the hospitals to really see what i mean. im certain you won't have the moral confidence and justification to support them after seeing dangling legs, broken skulls and arms that have bn separated from the shoulder sockets.

Okada and Marwa keke remain banned.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

kirkwood:
This doesn't make sense at all.

With all this annoying traffic jam in Lagos!

I think this thing called government doesn't make sense at all.

Once you can buy sirens to blow away everybody, you think the world revolves around you.

Nothing lasts forever, for sure!

You can go to se where there is no government

MrNipplesLover:



which revolution?


half of those niggas is probably not a rider of those Okada. probably some paid mofos who them squeeze N200 or N500 for their hands.



u go see, nothing go happen and them go go back to where they came from.

Artisans are complaining that they don't have apprentices any longer because of this okada business. Now they will have no choice than to go back to the former business they were doing

GamalNasser:

I run a very successful Business you don't so shut up

SamanRushdie AKA Salam of Ebonyi, you run a successful what? Lwkmd

Bikes are a nuisance, no serious nation incorporates okada or bike in their transport system...good policy