• Professional Okada Operators Urge Lagos Govt To Suspend Today’s Restriction Policy
• Riders Relocate To Other Areas, States
In protest against today’s take-off of the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycles on some major Lagos roads and bridges by the Lagos State Government, riders of e-hailing motorcycles yesterday took to the streets to express their grievances.
They expressed their concerns over the recent decision of the state government to restrict their movement/operations in some local government areas, bridges and highways in the state.The operators, majorly those of Gokada and Max.ng, carried various placards with inscriptions, such as “Save our jobs, Regulate us; not kill us;” Na all of us get Lagos, no be only the rich; “Our jobs matter;” “Mega city no dey pay bills;” “If you no use helmet, no ride;” “Ban no be solution; We need more jobs, not less”, ”I am trained, certified and tracked always” and “Over two million trips, zero fatality,” among others.
They staged a peaceful protest from Oregun Road to the government secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, lamenting that the business is their only means of survival, asking for regulation of their operations instead of ban.
The protesters, who are mostly graduates from Nigerian universities and polytechnics, and operators from Gokada, Max Okada and 1st Ride, described the government’s policy as an attempt to rob them of their daily bread.
Source: The Guardian
