Abagworo: I hate everything cart on the roads including barrow pushers. The ban should be extended to Port Harcourt ASAP. Nigeria is gradually changing. The use of Okada is now history in most major cities, next is cart pushing before hawking.

As they are being banned, so is the crime rate of armed robbery and kidnapping rising as well. You ban okada rider and stop him from making a living without providing alternative platform for him to sustain his life, he turns to armed robber at night, surely he must survive by hook or crook !!! See no nation rises faster than the level of development and economic empowerment of the masses. An adage says until the poor man is kept out of hunger, the rich man will never sleep peacefully. So Lagos can ban all the" bannables" for all I care, but it doesn't change our shocking statistics that more than 70 % of Nigerians live below poverty line.

aribisala0: next sellers of porn videos

This has already been done by both the Lagos State Government and the Nigerian Film and Videos Censors Board.

odum desmond: As they are being banned, so is the crime rate of armed robbery and kidnapping rising as well. You ban okada rider and stop him from making a living without providing alternative platform for him to sustain his life, he turns to armed robber at night, surely he must survive by hook or crook !!! See no nation rises faster than the level of development and economic empowerment of the masses. An adage says until the poor man is kept out of hunger, the rich man will never sleep peacefully. So Lagos can ban all the" bannables" for all I care, but it doesn't change our shocking statistics that more than 70 % of Nigerians live below poverty line.

This is true but they do not all have to be in Lagos .Let us raise that percentage to 70% in places like Abuja too. I believe Abuja will be a good place for aspiring armed robbers and kidnappers

aribisala0:
We were hoping you will take advantage of a general amnesty

I cant really understand what you mean by the above comment

Eko oni baje

Things are happening in Lagos

Go tunisia yourself for ur village...nobody send u for lagos.if u die them carry ur body go police station.mumu.

cogitoErgo: somebody will soon "tunisia" himself in Lagos.

afam4eva: Very soon humans will be banned from taking some roads in Lagos.

Even if you have to hustle, let it be legit
Those dudes are accident catalysts save you've never driven your car with them pushing their wheel barrows facing oncoming traffic

They will always be crime...if the country has strong punishment for criminals,such as death sentence for felony such as armed robbery,it might serve as deterrent.Blame the FG for unemployment/crime,not fashola.re u saying cos we are afraid they will turn to criminals,then we allow our state to collapse?...that will be double jeopardy.

odum desmond: As they are being banned, so is the crime rate of armed robbery and kidnapping rising as well. You ban okada rider and stop him from making a living without providing alternative platform for him to sustain his life, he turns to armed robber at night, surely he must survive by hook or crook !!! See no nation rises faster than the level of development and economic empowerment of the masses. An adage says until the poor man is kept out of hunger, the rich man will never sleep peacefully. So Lagos can ban all the" bannables" for all I care, but it doesn't change our shocking statistics that more than 70 % of Nigerians live below poverty line.

odum desmond: As they are being banned, so is the crime rate of armed robbery and kidnapping rising as well. You ban okada rider and stop him from making a living without providing alternative platform for him to sustain his life, he turns to armed robber at night, surely he must survive by hook or crook !!! See no nation rises faster than the level of development and economic empowerment of the masses. An adage says until the poor man is kept out of hunger, the rich man will never sleep peacefully. So Lagos can ban all the" bannables" for all I care, but it doesn't change our shocking statistics that more than 70 % of Nigerians live below poverty line.

Fashola's administration is clearly bereft of ideas, or perhaps it deliberately wants to instil elitism (disguised as so-called 'mega city') by fiat - at the expense of the struggling masses. It's difficult to point to any of his recent policies, laws, and programmes that actually add value to the lives of ordinary people. If banning yam sellers and okada riders makes driving more pleasurable for privileged and shamefully self-centred car owners, what has the LASG done to make life easier and more comfortable for the vast majority of poor people who eke out a living daily? ? ? How do these knee-jerk bannings enhance the standard of living of the masses?

I would like to hear that Fashola has banned illegal taxation (in fact extortion) of poor market women, shop owners, traders, Danfo buses, etc by government-approved 'area boys'. I would want to see policies like a massively subsidized mass transport system - and free transportation in state owned buses for school children, etc. Policies that directly enhance the economic situation and standard of living of the majority! Instead all we hear is that the government has increased LASU school fees by over 200%, banned okada riders, prohibited cart pushers (and confiscating their bikes and yams!), etc. How the Bleep does this make life easier for anyone other than a few arrogant wannabe middle-class/elite schmucks?

These incessant bannings and maniacal obsession with so-called traffic laws may be justified only when other more fundamental things are in place. They are NOT a priority at this time; address the economic situation, standard of living, and integrity of the system first. Surely, this fact is lost on the smug and heartless elitist that Fashola has shown himself to be.

fashola is working,lagos is spoiling, lagosians are suffering. eko oni baje ju bayi lo oooo

The Federal Government has greater responsibility for the National Economy. Pretty much all these things are BANNED IN ABUJA. Is Lagos state then to serve as dustbin for the country. The government says do not push barrows on the motorway and some Jackass comes here talking like an escapee lunatic. What next? Camels on the highway?. There are lots of poor women who come to Mile 12,buy there vegetables and put them in a bus or other motorized vehicle.Why should it be different for yam sellers?

It might be your culture in your state to push barrows or ride camels and donkeys on the highway but we do not want this in Lagos.

My Lagos is truly shaping up for the Elite and Working-Class.. I hope you are prepared for the back-lash when these peeps start stealing your jewellery, kidnapping your kids and ra.ping your daughters and robbing your houses.. sebi no be the same road una dey use?

lagerwhenindoubt: My Lagos is truly shaping up for the Elite and Working-Class.. I hope you are prepared for the back-lash when these peeps start stealing your jewellery, kidnapping your kids and ra.ping your daughters and robbing your houses.. sebi no be the same road una dey use?

We are prepared!!

THIS MORNING KAI WHERE ARRESTING AND SURELY COLLECTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO WALKED ALONG THE MIDDLE WALKWAY AFTER KETU BEFORE OJOTA BRIDGE..... JUST FOR WALKING ALONG THAT PATH.(this was nowhere near the pedestrian bridge o)

aribisala0: next sellers of porn videos

No. That one is part of civilization. You can only apply age restriction.

Abagworo:

No. That one is part of civilization. You can only apply age restriction.

It may be part of your civilization but certainly NOT part of Yoruba civilization. Every state has the choice to chart their own path.
The funny thing is most of these activities are ALREADY illegal. Virtually ALL foreign films sold in Nigerian are PIRATED and therefore illegal

Honestly it is clear that many people from other parts of Nigeria are more comfortable with chaos,disorder and lawlessness.Slowly and surely we are claiming our State back

They are more pressing issues to attend to than this. All this media publicity tire me o.

seanet01: Tunisia ko Tunis ni. Are you blind?
People were pushing carts on HIGHWAYS you are here talking about revolution.
Revolution of the people ko Rotation of the earth ni.

all ds una "NI" nd "KO" s jst so damm iritatn smtyms. Abeg no b every sentence or post una nid 2 put am

I remember Fashola saying he is not planning to turn lagos to london because europeans dont live there.hawking is part of our culture and ways and if we check hawking have educated some nigerians, i dont understand this guy sometimes. we live abroad he visits, we can tell when he is getting it wrong. what if the yam seller is using a vehicle to pull his cart is that against the law and since when is an eye sore a crime or offence? so if i want to move my goods from one end to another manually using a cart or wheel barrow na crime or offence? Nigerians see those tokunbo cars with towing bars...? the bars are used to pull carts it doesnt really matter what is on or in the cart and no road restrictions. Na poor man still dey suffer for nigeria while the so called big men dey mess for their faces thats why when they come here we dey mess for their faces too because in my eyes they are thieves all of them

There is no part of culture that cannot change
Inheriting brothers' wives
killing twins
amputating hands of thieves
female circumcision
parading thieves n.aked
Osu caste system etc

have ALL been part of one culture or the other in Nigeria at some point. Let us NOT be sentimental.
Hawking is not an indispensable part of ANY culture and is a function of poverty rather than of any VALUES in our culture. There is nothing dignified about hawking and it certainly is NOT Lagos culture.It is more acceptable in villages than in traffic.

Once Again why don't we advocate for ALL THIS in Abuja. Why Lagos. Go and hawk in Abuja.

Hawking is an English word and there was a time when that happened in England. Hawking is not part of the identifying traits of culture of any people. You find it in Asia and Africa in Association with poverty. How many advocates here would put a tray of goods on their children's heads and send them out on the streets if indeed this is "CULTURE"

berem: i cant just stress myself going to the market carrying ten tubers of yams on my head.Fashola should better have a rethink.

u be confirm mumu

Fashola is trying now, I'm sure very soon he will be arresting those that are trecking. Stupid government, foolish officers. They care not about how people will survive, na oloriburuku law dem fit make.

oraclefemi: Mr Fashola please flush out the agberos first, dont flush the low incomeearners, oh i see or maybe you cant flush agberos because you gain from them?

flushing agbero out of the SW is like forcing nurtw out of SW which is almost impossible. They are tools in the hands of politicians. By the way, Tokyo has been released.

you people want a mega-city and lagos state government is doing everything possible to make the state a mega one and citizen still complaining,and the truth is that most yam barrows pushers are not a citizen,most of them are from chad,sudan,niger etc.

Kave: THIS MORNING KAI WHERE ARRESTING AND SURELY COLLECTING MONEY FROM PEOPLE WHO WALKED ALONG THE MIDDLE WALKWAY AFTER KETU BEFORE OJOTA BRIDGE..... JUST FOR WALKING ALONG THAT PATH.(this was nowhere near the pedestrian bridge o)

Well, they must have crossed the road at some point to get to the middle walkway.


Fasola is doing everything possible to reduce the influx of aboki into Lagos. Abokis are known to push wheelbarrows of various commodities around the ketu / ikorodu / ojota axis.

aribisala0: Honestly it is clear that many people from other parts of Nigeria are more comfortable with chaos,disorder and lawlessness.Slowly and surely we are claiming our State back

U are a typical yoruba man ,always supporting nonsense. I am against hawking too cuz it gives a beautiful city a village look. There are ways to go about it without hurting people. he can decide to give them a deadline .I am not blaming fashola for the unemployment in nigeria. He thread carefully.

What about the agberos causing mayhem on the raods? What has he done about it. There is no security in lagos state and he wants to compound the problem he has on ground

aribisala0: Honestly it is clear that many people from other parts of Nigeria are more comfortable with chaos,disorder and lawlessness.Slowly and surely we are claiming our State back

U are a typical yoruba man ,always supporting nonsense. I am against hawking too cuz it gives a beautiful city a village look. There are ways to go about it without hurting people. he can decide to give them a deadline .I am not blaming fashola for the unemployment in nigeria. He shuld thread carefully.

What about the agberos causing mayhem on the raods? What has he done about it. There is no security in lagos state and he wants to compound the problem he has on ground

afam4eva: Very soon humans will be banned from taking some roads in Lagos.

Meaning..? better for u to see a spade as a spade or when accidents happen, no be government u go hold responsible??

odum desmond: As they are being banned, so is the crime rate of armed robbery and kidnapping rising as well. You ban okada rider and stop him from making a living without providing alternative platform for him to sustain his life, he turns to armed robber at night, surely he must survive by hook or crook !!! See no nation rises faster than the level of development and economic empowerment of the masses. An adage says until the poor man is kept out of hunger, the rich man will never sleep peacefully. So Lagos can ban all the" bannables" for all I care, but it doesn't change our shocking statistics that more than 70 % of Nigerians live below poverty line.

So Keke and Taxi cannot serve as better and safer alternative to Okada. The Okada riders should change to Keke and Keke shouldn't run on the highways.

This is a good development. We must allow sentiment to rule our mind in providing a secure environment. In secure enivironment we must balance three key things:
Right to life and live, security to life(include road)and means of living(availablity of food, shelter. but am supprise that the AGBERO boys are still on our road which Lagos state government is not doing anything to take them away. But they can enforce law on people hawking on the road this is wrong if they fail to use traffic law to arrest the AGBERO BOYS on our road.