The Lagos State Government has revealed that no organisation was given permission to run a commercial motorcycle service, following a ban recently placed on motorcycles and tricycles.
Gbenga Omotosho, who is Lagos State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy made this revelation on ‘Sunrise Daily’
He said that what the government has been trying to do is regulate commercial motorcyclists so that their excesses can be curtailed.
He said: “You are talking about registration; as far as I am concern, the government has not registered any company to come and be running Okada.
“In fact, what the government was trying to look at is how to regulate these people so that their excesses can be curtailed.
“But as far as I know, nobody has been licensed to go and start running Okada because it is unfortunate that … the rate at which people are dying; the rate at which people are being robbed on the roads; the police are worried, everybody is worried.”
The Commissioner also made a clarification on the ban, stating that courier services operators are allowed to move on all routes because they don’t constitute as much danger as the Okada and keke riders.
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He said: “The guys who are doing courier services, for example, they don’t carry passengers and they don’t constitute so much danger. So, those ones are allowed.
They have to be above 200cc and you have to have a box behind you that you are doing courier service and you don’t have to carry passengers; you have to be well-kitted and wear your helmet.”
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