Sam xiu lee: @delors,In the late 80s there was nothing like commercial motorcycle riders,and the ppl in lagos survived.am always worried anytime ppl says lagos will become a geographical expression,the Europeans,Portuguese met ppl on the geographical expression when they came,pls those ppl they met,are they from your village?

aribisala0: What I find quite strange is that many in NL are happy to protest Okada ban in Lagos but have no problem that it is banned in Jos, Asaba,Abuja,Owerri,Port Harcourt,Umuahia Enugu etc.

So Lagos is suppossed to absorb okada riders banned from all over the country.?? Ah we must really be very foolish in Lagos.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/06/abia-bans-commercial-motor-cyclists-says-they-aid-kidnapping-other-crimes/

http://www.punchng.com/news/frsc-seeks-okada-ban-on-anambra-highways/

http://allafrica.com/stories/200908170577.html

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/08/11/okada-ban-calabar-prostitutes-to-relocate-to-lagos/

http://247ureports.com/gov-chime-bans-okada-in-enugu/

Sam xiu lee: @delors,In the late 80s there was nothing like commercial motorcycle riders,and the ppl in lagos survived.am always worried anytime ppl says lagos will become a geographical expression,the Europeans,Portuguese met ppl on the geographical expression when they came,pls those ppl they met,are they from your village?

texazzpete:

Such a waste of your parents money! Tell me, what was the population of Lagos in the late 80s you're so proud to babble about?
How big was the spread of development in Lagos then compared to now?

How many vehicles were on the streets in the late 80s compared to now?


Zero logic, zero common sense applied. Pathetic

aribisala0: When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

When you unban okada in Abakaliki,Abuja,Jos,Asaba,Calabar,Port Harcourt,Owerri,Aba,Asaba,Umuahia then you can talk about Lagos not before that

pheesayor:

broda dodoyo, all I'm saying is instead of protesting against reversal of a signed law, press for its ammendment. Protest is not wrong but in this case it is not the way out

Smooyis: We Nigerians can be very hasty in jumping into conclusions of matter. Wheneva an issue is brought up, let's try and read well before commenting. Ok. Every great society is governed by laws, and ours cannot and will NOT be an exception. Why marching protesters against the traffic? U can't complain against government policies while u are disobeying the laws of the land!

lekanolas: Many activists, including [b]Dr Dipo Fashin[/b]a, Messrs Abiodun Aremu, Hassan Taiwo Soweto, Usman Oloyede, Segun Oladunni were arrested this morning for leading commercial motorcycle riders (okada) on a peaceful protest against the traffic law in Lagos.
The motorcyclists, alongside some civil society groups, are protesting the new Lagos Traffic Law which bans them from plying over 400 roads in Lagos.
Earlier, scores of police officers armed with AK 47 rifles were stationed near the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat, Lagos, in anticipation of the protest.
The police stopped a similar protest by the motorcyclists a week ago.
So far, the Lagos state police command has seized over 7000 motorcycles in the last six months.

http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/activists-arrested-during-okada-riders-protest/

delors:
Lagos is not London, not Toronto, not Tokyo, not Durban...every mega city is unique and different

delors: in China, autorickshaw is being used as a inter-street transit, same in Japan

delors: In Toronto, street cars (train on streets) are used as inter-street transit because of the population

delors: Banning okada in Lagos is a lazy way out of the transport system in Lagos. There are better ways to deal with the transport system.

delors: ...many okada riders are graduates conditioned by the situation of the country

delors: In other countries, when there is a business where government makes revenue from, or it illegal but people tend to still do it, the government devise a means to legalise it and make more revenue from it

lagos is no man's land

phlamy: For me really, when you look at the number of lives that have been lost and the number of people that have been disabled over time by the okada thing, i think it is worth banning. I used okada in lagos very often but you needed to hear my prayers before and after and then my pleas with the rider

Baby mama:

I thought someone told us the Okada men were Igbos,northerners and foreigners
I read them ask people to go back to their places
How come it is Yorubas leading the protests
This tells us the opinion of the tribalist Yorubas on nairaland does not determine the general Yoruba opinion

Sam xiu lee: @delors,In the late 80s there was nothing like commercial motorcycle riders,and the ppl in lagos survived.am always worried anytime ppl says lagos will become a geographical expression,the Europeans,Portuguese met ppl on the geographical expression when they came,pls those ppl they met,are they from your village?

Billyonaire: Motor Cycle was not invented as a means of transportation. It should be banned totally. When one door closes another one opens. All these years they have been riding, if they were sincere about personal financial growth they would have had fat savings to fall back on but they chose to use their savings for beer and bbgurls enjoyment while spending useful hours at viewing centers watching never ending Europe League games. Poverty is a choice, so is stupidity. To hell with Okada.

delors:
Your fada! Na ur paa get Lagos? So if every state ban okada...must t be done in Lagos as well? You r so dumb. How many other state be like Lagos in terms of population? in terms of commerce? in terms of social activities? in terms of multi-ethnicity? Now I know Nairalnad is so full of frail-brained idiots like u who cannot think deeply but join in on the bandwagon...open ur eyes, ur brain too and think. If I hear my name for ur fada mouth again (unless u get better thing to say) u go see ur self.

aribisala0: That argument should apply all over the country NOT just Lagos. Go and fight that they should unban it in Abakaliki ,Abuja and Owerri then we can have a balanced debate. If you ignore the bans in other states and Abuja and focus on Lagos then you are not only being unfair but also mischievous and dishonest.

Is Lagos a NATIONAL HUMAN DUSTBIN?

"Lifted":
u dont apply the same logic to all the problems in life u treat them according to peculiarity, one state gives free milk and laptops to all sec sch students, dt dsnt necessarilyl mean every other state can follow suit, lagos is peculiar in its size, population, location, commercial nature,speed of development i can go on and on, none of the states with this ban have half the population or congestion lagos does...the effects of the ban are far more tolerable

aribisala0:

In a democracy there should be accommodation for everyone's views but generally the majority have their way.There was an election and we voted in our government in Lagos and they are doing what we want.Those who do not like it can go elsewhere.The time for debate has long passed.The arguments have been heard and laws passed.These have been challenged in court unsuccessfully. So let us move on.Those of us from Lagos do not see our future in Okada.End of!


Is Lagos's peculiarity recognized in terms of allocation from FG or even representation in the centre? Rivers,Kano,Bendel,Cross river have been split and now have 6 senators each while Lagos still has 3 . The peculiarity is not recognized by government and this puts Lagos under strain.The Logic of the ban in other states is simple[b] if they ALL BAN and Lagos doe not LAgos will become the Okada Capital of the Nation[/b]. ou suggest we ignore this.Unemloyment is a national problem.Lagos occupies 0.36% of the land mass and its population is growing at the rate of double every 10 years . The country as a whole has to deal with its problems .You cannot export all the unemployment in Niger Chad and Nigeria into Lagos and be telling us peculiarity. please!!

"Lifted":

smh, listen to yourself dude, your postulations are so baseless.I'd rather boil stone dan argue wiv you.

delors: When you have a headache...is cutting off the head the solution? No! Be informed people...those saying the ban is a welcome development are being myopic...extremely myopic. Lagos is not London, not Toronto, not Tokyo, not Durban...every mega city is unique and different. in China, autorickshaw is being used as a inter-street transit, same in Japan. In Toronto, street cars (train on streets) are used as inter-street transit because of the population. Now, a project to build underground and overhead interstreet trains are nearly completed. in Venice, because of the water streets, boats are used as interstreet transits. Okadas are used in Lagos because of Lagos' peculiar transport system.

Banning okada in Lagos is a lazy way out of the transport system in Lagos. There are better ways to deal with the transport system. Tell me, has banning okada eased transport in Lagos? Traffic gridlock at Eko bridge, at Barracks en route Ojuelegba, at Iyana Iba enroute Okoko, at Obalende, at Ijaye? No! I think, contrary to pubic opinion, the Lagos state government took the easy way out of the problem creating more problems for the masses. Ina place where job is hard to come by, u forcfully snatched jobs from people in thousands...many okada riders are graduates conditioned by the situation of the country, many supply families with food and necessities with the okada business.

A responsive government would do a comprehensie cost benefit analysis of such a situation before embarking on such...Lagos is no man's land. If anything, the Benins (Edos) are the legitimate owners but it is now everybody's land...Fashola doesnt sound like a Lagos name (should be from Osun), so all those saying people should go back to theri villages should put on their thinking caps. If everybody went to their villages from Lagos, then Lagos would become an isolated geographical expression.

In other countries, when there is a business where government makes revenue from, or it illegal but people tend to still do it, the government devise a means to legalise it and make more revenue from it. In Canada, bribing politicians or policy makers to influence policies is called 'lobbying', and in 2006, the government created the Department of Lobbying meant to ensure that lobbying activities are done within the scope of the law...and the government makes profit from it. Same with alcohol consumption, if u must drink, u must tender ur ID to show u r 18+...not banning the sale of alcohol, or the act of 'lobbying'...banning OKADA IN LAGS IS A WEAK, MYOPIC, UNINFORMED, ARCHAIC, UNFAIR, policy and should be protested. (Thanks to Dr. Fashina, aka Jingo, for leading the protest this time. e knows whassap)

delors: When you have a headache...is cutting off the head the solution? No! Be informed people...those saying the ban is a welcome development are being myopic...extremely myopic. Lagos is not London, not Toronto, not Tokyo, not Durban...every mega city is unique and different. in China, autorickshaw is being used as a inter-street transit, same in Japan. In Toronto, street cars (train on streets) are used as inter-street transit because of the population. Now, a project to build underground and overhead interstreet trains are nearly completed. in Venice, because of the water streets, boats are used as interstreet transits. Okadas are used in Lagos because of Lagos' peculiar transport system.

Banning okada in Lagos is a lazy way out of the transport system in Lagos. There are better ways to deal with the transport system. Tell me, has banning okada eased transport in Lagos? Traffic gridlock at Eko bridge, at Barracks en route Ojuelegba, at Iyana Iba enroute Okoko, at Obalende, at Ijaye? No! I think, contrary to pubic opinion, the Lagos state government took the easy way out of the problem creating more problems for the masses. Ina place where job is hard to come by, u forcfully snatched jobs from people in thousands...many okada riders are graduates conditioned by the situation of the country, many supply families with food and necessities with the okada business.

A responsive government would do a comprehensie cost benefit analysis of such a situation before embarking on such...Lagos is no man's land. If anything, the Benins (Edos) are the legitimate owners but it is now everybody's land...Fashola doesnt sound like a Lagos name (should be from Osun), so all those saying people should go back to theri villages should put on their thinking caps. If everybody went to their villages from Lagos, then Lagos would become an isolated geographical expression.

In other countries, when there is a business where government makes revenue from, or it illegal but people tend to still do it, the government devise a means to legalise it and make more revenue from it. In Canada, bribing politicians or policy makers to influence policies is called 'lobbying', and in 2006, the government created the Department of Lobbying meant to ensure that lobbying activities are done within the scope of the law...and the government makes profit from it. Same with alcohol consumption, if u must drink, u must tender ur ID to show u r 18+...not banning the sale of alcohol, or the act of 'lobbying'...banning OKADA IN LAGS IS A WEAK, MYOPIC, UNINFORMED, ARCHAIC, UNFAIR, policy and should be protested. (Thanks to Dr. Fashina, aka Jingo, for leading the protest this time. e knows whassap)