Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, says the Federal government is planning to reintroduce Bicycle riding in the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.

The Minister disclosed this when he spoke at the end of the 15th meeting of National Council on Transportation with the theme: ‘Efficiency of Inter-modality in Transportation: Panacea for Economic Recovery.” in Sokoto state yesterday Monday, September 4th.

"The National Council on Transportation is a policy making Council and we have approved that we should do a pilot project on bicycle riding in FCT because it is the only city that has facility for bicycle riding. We decided that we do it in Abuja because if you check, nearly all the roads in Abuja have lanes for bicycle. It is there in China and UK. It is an investment that would help reduce the number of passengers that are looking for modern form of transportation within the cities. Other states that want to do it must provide facility before they can proceed because we want to separate cyclists from the roads and some motorists can be very impatient with them. So states that want to go ahead can do that. But they must provide lanes for bicycle so that we don’t have numerous accidents.” he said

Former Minister of Transport, late Ojo Maduekwe came into office in 2001 and introduced bicycle riding in Abuja when he was canvassing for Nigerians to explore other means of transportation order than just cars and buses.

http://www.lasgidionline.com.ng/2017/09/fg-to-reintroduce-bicycle-riding-in.html

lalasticlala

Lol! When civilized countries like China & Co are still using bicycles, Nigeria that produces nothing would be giving stringent laws on the use of these things.


Kai! What a stupid country

And the bigwigs will go in convoy while the poor masses Will be jilted off. Nonessential nonsense!!

APC and PDP don't know what else to do with Nigeria apart from secret looting now obvious.

#Istandwithrestructuring.

OK

Bubu fit ride bicycle around Abuja ni?

See the kinds of people Nigerians have as leaders? A useless initiative also promoted by the late Ojo Maduekwe who almost lost his life while riding same bicycle.These useless government officials that drive around town in convoys at neck-breaking speed are here again to insult the down-trodden masses.

Paperwhite:
See the kinds of people Nigerians have as leaders?

E weak me aswear

Paperwhite:
See the kinds of people Nigerians have as leaders?

There is nothing bad in introducing bicycle!

So far there is a lane set aside for it.

Even if the government creates a lane for bike riding, Nigerians will still abuse it..

We are moving forward. Smh.

I thought Ojo Maduekwe is dead, why is Amaechi awakening the bicycle spirit?

The last paragraph of this article pretty sums up everything about this government. They parade the worst set of ministers in Nigeria's history. The APC government are made up of a combination of fools.
I stand to be corrected.

Tolexander:
There is nothing bad in introducing bicycle!

One should do so as a personal leisure activity but not as a government policy.

Why was it banned before?

Otondo. Na now una eyes clear

This man is really high on something....

Contact us for all your roifing jobs and roof maintenance etc

It is well with us in this country

This is the best news I've heard from Amaechi.


Bicycle will improve sustainable urban mobility... I hope they're prepared to construct dedicated cycling lanes?

Some mumus go b like ....Going back to riding bicycles? Is this country moving forward at all??

Like the countries we are looking up to no longer use bicycles.

Awon dindinrin

Nothing bad in it. No need putting your car on the road to move between locations of less than 1km.

First commenter get sense walahi!

Look at the number of unused bicycles in just one junction in China. Do you know why they are there? Because the govt provided them through private companies! Its called Bike-Sharing services. There are thousand of unused bicycles on the streets. Its accessible. Its affordable, sometimes, free! Ride and park for the next user. With heavy technological devices attached to them for tracking.

Can Nigeria do the same? Amechi saw bicycles on the streets and assumed they fell from heaven. Or he thinks that they are personal bicycles? No sir, they are not.

About personal bikes.... it will be stolen! There is still so much hunger in the land. Fix metros, subways, trains, public bus system etc. Leave bicycles, go to our eye-sore international terminals and work. Get people engaged via reasonable employment.

Nigeria is not ripe enough to tell anybody what means of transportation to use.

Wait so u mean people in Abuja don't ride bicycle? Walahi Nigeria na zoo

You will be the first to ride the bicycle from your house in maitama or Asokoro to your office in central area then i will know you are for real.

Paperwhite:
One should do so as a personal leisure activity but not as a government policy.

if it is what one should do as one's personal leisure activity, what about the safety of the rider on the road?

Whose function is to set aside the lane for the activity?
That is what Amechi is talking about if you read the news well.

Build roads for bicycles.

thesicilian:
We are moving forward

There is nothing like moving forward in this country, go and mark my words, this country will never ever progress, it's not structured to succeed, look at the rogues at NSA, look at the executive, look at the judiciary, look at the state assembly, look at the local government and their councilors,

Rotfl.

Those who live in the metropolis don't need bicycles to get to work or move around cause they have cars.

Imagine riding a bicycle from Kubwa, Lugbe or Nyanya axis to get to the metropolis.

Instead of them to fix our railroads or work on subway trains and a functional intercity bus or taxi transport scheme, they are planninng what is not feasible.

Story

smartty68:
Lol! When civilized countries like China & Co are still using bicycles, Nigeria that produces nothing would be giving stringent laws on the use of these things.


Kai! What a stupid country

Is to early na mumu.

Paperwhite:
One should do so as a personal leisure activity but not as a government policy.

It is not mandatory to ride bicycles in Abuja. Nobody is forcing citizens to do so. Read carefully. This policy actually protects those who want to ride. Simple.

Opposing a government on every little thing is quite amusing.

abbaapple:



Is to early na mumu.

Your type always embrace lies and stupidity. Now shu shu shu.

Oh APC

Someone is getting contract to construct bicycle lanes that will never be used