Motorists and other road users in Benin City, the Edo State capital now ply the metropolis with fear following the increase of trainee drivers on the routes.

The development may not be unconnected with the ban of commercial motorcycle operators popularly known as “Okada” by the Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole in June 2013 as the state government attributed the upsurge to the use of motorcycles for criminal activities.

Some operators of driving schools in the state capital told our correspondent that they have recorded a boom in business since the ban on Okada riders came into effect, but remarked that the presence of the high number of vehicles on the roads had poised serious challenges for trainers and trainees as motorists have no patience for learners.

The managing director of Ivory Driving School, Mr Osarodion Francis, who said he has been in the business for over a decade, noted that they are inundated on daily with more clients who have continued to show interest in driving.

“Obviously, we are ensuring that every learner that passes through our driving school is equipped with the necessary driving skill and is knowledgeable on the road signs and regulations which to us is very fundamental. Our challenge is the attitude of other road users who in most cases are careless about those learning even when they see clear sign of learners boldly displaced on the vehicle.”

But for Omorodion Ojo, a taxi driver that plies the ever-busy Airport Road urged the state government to designate areas for trainee-drivers whom he said are responsible for some of the intra-city road accidents, adding that some of the driving schools must be certified to have the prerequisite know-how by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).

Head of operations of the Edo State Traffic Management Authority (EDSTMA), Amadi Owas, lamented the dangers posed by the trainees’ activities on major roads in the city, adding that more needs to be done by the FRSC and vehicle inspection officers (VIOs).

- See more at: http://leadership.ng/news/010913/ban-okada-edo-youths-rush-driving-schools#sthash.Pu5WRnqg.dpuf

Man must wack!

E clear

Hehehe... Na wa for Black people sha...

end tym tinz nw hapenin even in benin
#smh

How many people don go the driving schools?
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Me tire for them ooh, if una see the way some dey drive for upper sokponba side ehn, u go fear fear.

Taxi levels now

Na to go open driving school for upper sakponba now o. Where that my Opel 1984 model?

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**oboy, commot for road jor!!,na expressway your mate for dey learn driving?**

Edo boys dey try. 90 percent of the taxi and bus drivers in port Harcourt didn't attend a driving school. If you enter road dem go just jam you. PH is the worst city to drive in for this naija.

i'm currently trainin a lady in benin now & m almost thru wit her,shez doin well,truli d drivers ar highly impatient and there ar too many bad roads in benin sha...buh all iz well

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Deiok: Me tire for them ooh, if una see the way some dey drive for upper sokponba side ehn, u go fear fear.

If Edo no wht is right, it is for them to demand company and carrier fulfilling job frm Oshiomole.

The way they drive in benin is scary. all the okada men don buy cars and them dey drive the car like okada.

Its pathetic that government do not look at the aftermath before creating laws, wen dey send all those boys away from Okada, wetin dem go chop? I tell you, Boko Haram go soon get east wing... All na to chop...

oshiomole banning okada in all areas including streets was a very bad idea.In lagos were he is trying to imitate bikes still plies d streets it was banned frm major roads.so y boyz no go drive anyhow for rd so as to feed family.
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A needless ban by Oshiomole.