'There's no going back on Okada ban', Lagos state government insists.

Gov Sanwo-Olu during a tour of communities in Lagos Island for
first hand assessment of roads, drainage and other infrastructural facilities
in line with plans for urban regeneration and renewal, January 11, 2019
(Lagos govt)

Amid protests and burning of cars, the Lagos state government insists that a recent ban of commercial motorbikes is irreversible.

The Lagos state government has reiterated its stance that a recent ban that took commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) off congested roads in the city center, will not be reversed.

The okada was a favorite among hustling Lagosians for its ability to weave through the city’s notorious gridlock and get commuters to destinations in record time.

Its ban--or restriction, as Lagos state government officials prefer to call it--has sparked violent protests, gun duels and skirmishes in different parts of Nigeria’s most populous city since February 1.


By Jude Egbas.
Full story at Pulse NG.