Why will you ban Keke too?
You didn't create or buy more cars before banning.
I wonder who is your special adviser.

This was the Point and kill governor during Governorship election campaign

“So, part of the things we are going to be doing is not to leave anybody behind. People are currently using a system that is working for them. Meaning that you see some okada riders that are branded..that are using smart pays to pay when you finish the journey. We are trying to harmonize all of them and be able to come up with a regulation system where we can account for every okada rider.


“We will know who they are, we can manage them. In fact the solutions some of them are bringing, we can actually disable those okadas remotely. That’s where we are planning to get to. It’s also something that we need to think through very well to be sure that nobody is disenfranchised. To as much as possible, give everybody the opportunity to play and to play well. I'm hoping that once we do all of these, the solutions around our traffic will be reduced significantly.”

But we know better now ...

TOTAL BAN is needed in every part of Lagos.

When Okadas were not here many years ago there was peace of mind except for the danfo wahala. People trekked peacefully and happily.

Previous governments (military, AD, ACN and APC) ignored the growing population of Lagos and abdicated the responsibility of providing an efficient transportation system. BRT (the franchise made the oga and his boys rich using state resources) was badly managed and failed woefully.

Most Keke drivers graduate from Okada riding and maintain the tempo of irresponsible driving. We do not need them. Those trekking should bear for a little while as government moves to correct the lapses in the system.

Next to be totally banned MUST be danfos. Enough of igbo smoking and paraga drinking nuisances troubling the lives of innocent people everyday. The nonsense nurtw MUST be banned and the lazy jaguda youths and irresponsible amala eating big belle old men should find other things to do. Ambode gave a deadline to proscribe danfos but the yeye people rallied in the name of politics, sponsored by some politicians who only think of their pockets to stop Ambode.

So for me Okada, Keke and Danfos must be totally banned for us to have the Lagos of our dream.

For the first time in my adult life as a Lagosian, l drove in Obalende without struggling for driving space with Okada and tricycle..

Still l still think Keke , Gokada and Opay should be regulated and registered not banned...

I wouldn't have driven to Obalende from Osborne if there are Gokada or Opay, and these are more flexible and faster to navigate Obalende and VI traffic

Look at the second picture. Just want you all to know they RUFFIAN is actually an English word.
Not roughian

Honestly the Hausa guys doing okada business are a threat to our collective existence

ajebuter:
For the first time in my adult life as a Lagosian, l drove in Obalende without struggling for driving space with Okada and tricycle..

Still l still think Keke , Gokada and Opay should be regulated and registered not banned...

I wouldn't have driven to Obalende from Osborne if there are Gokada or Opay, and these are more flexible and faster to navigate Obalende and VI traffic

I want to use this medium to thank the Lagos State government for the courage and great vision. I think the ban should be permanent. If you know you cannot cope then leave the state we are tired of living like animals.
The next should be ban on street gates and thirdly the state government should look into shops that are built on fences. Any shop that does not meet the states regulated
standard should be demolished and laws should be made to force landlords to provide toilet facilities for shops. God bless the governor of Lagos State and the law abiding citizens. Amen

Say no to okada . #NEVERAGAIN#

Bullcrap leaders who have no vision on what the future tells...imagine a multi million naira businesses u granted license to operate and in less than a year u place a ban....is the lag govt not suppose to inform these companies on the risk of a future ban on bikes? Rendering millions of people jobless...

Leadership without foresight is not leadership

Modified: There are ways to tackle security issues not like this because the people both jobless and employed citizens are all at risk...

ogbuefi677:
They are clamping down on okada and keke,including O ride and gokada which they recently approved operations for.
They're also clamping down on Uber,saying they must get all manners of licences and certifications.
But d rickety molues are left untouched.
MC Oluomo for Governor.
If you know,you know

When did you last see molue in lagos. ? They got rid of them so long ago. I think you mean danfo

yifiseke:
Truth be told, I have never seen Lagos especially the parts of Lagos that usually are congested to be this less congested without much hold up during the week as if it was Sunday!

So Lagos could have this fairly free flow of traffic? It's totally unbelievable!

However, there are still the agony of commuters walking distance because of lack of enough buses to commute them, I believe with more buses on the road, lagosians would adapt on the medium and long run

which Lagos? Is it the one in d west?

Great write up. As Op said, they should have put in place alternatives before banning them.

Quality20:
if its for security ,why don't Lagos employ we igbos into amotekun, we r more security conscious more than Yoruba n aboki ppl, and besides a large swarth of Lagos is populated largely by we de biafran ppl

No thanks. Go guard your own people. Evans did not kidnap yoruba people but his own igbo kin.

Thry made it clear they want people who kmow the terrain and local customs and language.

Next thing una go wan count lagos as part of biafra. You are already using successionist words.

Honestly, it was over the weekend, when I was speaking to folks in my neighborhood that I realized that a lot of people actually support the okada ban, but are careful about saying so in public.

In the early 90s, there were no Okadas. and we all walked to the bus-stop, so how did this thing grow so much till it became a huge nuisance? I drove past several major streets over the weekend, and for the first time in years realized just how wide the streets were, as Okada and Keke people had converted a large chunk of the road for loitering..

Also, if you dont know how big a threat these Okada people are, I beseech you to go to a number of streets in the middle of the mainland at 10pm upwards, and see literally dozens of Okada-men whith no homes, no identities sleeping on their bikes and ready to cause mayhem at the drop of a hat. Maybe then you would appreciate this ban. Even neighborhoods not included in the ban are begging to get included - https://punchng.com/ajao-estate-residents-protest-want-community-included-in-okada-ban-list/

God bless Sanwoolu for banning those foreigners. Our borders are too porous in the North.

Mrs Funke Ajasa of Surulere Lagos, thank you so much. You spoke my mind.

I wish other southwest governors can imitate this and ban Okadas otherwise the ones banned in Lagos will find their way to Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

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FrLukas:
Mrs Funke Amass of Surulere Lagos, thank you so much. You spoke my mind.

I wish other southwest governors can imitate this and ban Okadas otherwise the ones banned in Lagos will find their way to Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

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Bagehot:
Honestly, it was over the weekend, when I was speaking to folks in my neighborhood that I realized that a lot of people actually support the okada ban, but are careful about saying so in public.

In the early 90s, there were no Okadas. and we all walked to the bus-stop, so how did this thing grow so much till it became a huge nuisance? I drove past several major streets over the weekend, and for the first time in years realized just how wide the streets were, as Okada and Keke people had converted a large chunk of the road for loitering..

Also, if you dont know how big a threat these Okada people are, I beseech you to go to a number of streets in the middle of the mainland at 10pm upwards, and see literally dozens of Okada-men whith no homes, no identities sleeping on their bikes and ready to cause mayhem at the drop of a hat. Maybe then you would appreciate this ban. Even neighborhoods not included in the ban are begging to get included - https://punchng.com/ajao-estate-residents-protest-want-community-included-in-okada-ban-list/

It needs to be extended to the entire state and south west.

God bless Sanwoolu!

Quality20:
if its for security ,why don't Lagos employ we igbos into amotekun, we r more security conscious more than Yoruba n aboki ppl, and besides a large swarth of Lagos is populated largely by we de biafran ppl

there is nothing wrong in employe Igbo to amotekun but Igbo will use it and say Lagos belongs to them as they used to say Lagos is no man land. With Amontekun, they will know that Lagos belongs to Yoruba

Quality20:
if its for security ,why don't Lagos employ we igbos into amotekun, we r more security conscious more than Yoruba n aboki ppl, and besides a large swarth of Lagos is populated largely by we de biafran ppl

Its like you want to cause trouble this morning on this forum? Hope you did not leave your Grey matter at the beer palour over the weekend.

Merry New Week And Happy Trekking Lagosians

These people ride bike in the day and rob in the night..... The next move should be to clear all the people residing under the bridges of the state...their next move would be to start robbing people of thero valuables since they have no means of surviving, and 99% of them reside under the bridge

We now know the script behind the Okada ban. It has nothing to do with insecurity. It has absolutely nothing to do with the silly and irresponsible conspiracy theory about some fictitious Boko Haram planting their operatives in Lagos.

Come to think of it, why would Boko disrupt Lagos? How would the break up of Nigeria benefit Buhari, the chief patron of Boko? Is Buhari not busy rehabilitating his killer kinsmen? So who told you Boko is a security risk to Nigeria?

The script behind the Okada ban is the multi billion naira this transport sector is generating. The sector has remained virtually in the hands of the operators in the informal sector. The state is not making a dime from the multi billion generated monthly in this sector. The only department of the state making millions from this informal sector is that headed by the Agbero-general of the state- Dr MC Oluomo PhD. DSc (Agbero Escatology).

One tech disruptor saw the vast opportunity and decided to move in. That was the arrival of Gokada. They moved in by paying a few millions to the state. They got all the required license to operate and business started. Even the disruptor could not believe their luck when the millions started rolling in. They were like “Yeeparipa, aiye mi temi bami. Na money dey flow like this?” Even the Okada drivers working for Gokada could not believe their luck. One lady who was in tears when the ban was introduced claimed she was making N20k a day. That’s N100k in 5 days.

News of the billions they’re making started filtering into the corridors of power at Bourdillon. Sangodele, the Life-Governor of Lagos State and the Baba of all Lagosians, Oko iya won L’eko, summoned Pointius Pilate to an emergency meeting. According to sources at the meeting, he was like: “Pointius, Ode ni e. Ori e de ti daru. And if you continue like this, I will make sure I ambode you too.”

He continued, “right now you, Pointius, are the greatest threat to my Presidential ambition. I heard one Gokada man, a Chinco, is making billions under your nose, in my state, and you’re just looking like lookman...

...how am I supposed to replenish my Bullion Van?”

With a tone of finality, he said, “I want a big chunk of the billions to start rolling into my Alpha Beta conglomerate account.”

Pointius was escorted out. Our source said he was farting in the car throughout the long journey back to Alausa.

The rest as they say in Mandarin is history.

Kingrexyl:
It's obvious that it's his god father, the yellow teeth jagaban that directed him, perhaps. I won't say it's a bad decision, those okada men are a menace in the society and mostly armed robbers use them for operation, well atleast their would be sanity in lagos and traffic will be less.

But Keke Napep shouldn't have been banned. They are safer than Okada

Sanwo-Olu is a clown for banning Keke Napep as well.

We all know MC Olumo or whatever the Bleep his name is has him by the balls.

okada/keke ban is good development. next is danfo ban. youths should learn work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohd2e2-xEz4

3 facts you should know about the Keke/Okada ban in Lagos

princemillla:
Stop saying what you have no knowledge of. Lagos state debunk the claim that they licensed any Okada riding. If they do, why haven’t OPay or Max gone to court to challenge the ban?










LASG should hurry up n make those buses available.
Smart business man should also tap into this current challenge by introducing korope the mini bus.


God bless Lagos state

God bless Omo odua worldwide

smart businessmen indeed, same way smart businessmen introduced gokada and omax bah? you broke people always have the best advice for the rich....you sef gather money buy am put for road and be the smart businessman. doing business in Lagos is the worst decision anybody can make.

I wholeheartedly support this

Obainoneandonly:
These people ride bike in the day and rob in the night..... The next move should be to clear all the people residing under the bridges of the state...their next move would be to start robbing people of thero valuables since they have no means of surviving, and 99% of them reside under the bridge

TallPck1:
I believe there is more to this okada/keke ban. We would be looking forward to it.
But the traffic these days is tripple. I'm stuck in traffic as I type now.

A lot of that traffic is simultaneous road works across the state. Gbagada expressway to Oshodi has only 2 out of 6 lanes free, Oshodi airport etc etc.

perfectouchade:
With or without okada in Lagos crimes are still committed, let's demand more security from our governments...police brutality has been on for years and we kept demanding end to this, no government has done anything to stop this but they are quick to end okada...police has done more damaged to properties and lives than okada..we demand a better life from these people in power but dey will never see to that...give food to the masses, don't take food away from them..this is my opinion, yours might be different so don't bring up an argument biko

Okada as a means of public transportation in Nigeria cities has to go. It didn't start with Lagos state and definitely won't stop with Lagos state

Coolcalmcollect:

smart businessmen indeed, same way smart businessmen introduced gokada and omax bah? you broke people always have the best advice for the rich....you sef gather money buy am put for road and be the smart businessman. doing business in Lagos is the worst decision anybody can make.

Dont mind the keyboard worrior, 100k nor they their account .