Lagos State Govenor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has approved total ban on the activities of commercial motorcyclists, popularly, called Okada riders in additional four Local Government Areas and resoective Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs of the state, commencing from September, 1, 2022.

Recall that sometime on May 18, 2022, following several complaints over the growing menace and nuisance constituted by Okada riders, Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, imposed a fresh ban on the operations in in six Local Governments, LGs and nine Local Council Development Areas to curtail the unruly activities of the riders.

Sanwo-Olu had on May 10, 2021, reviewed the 2012 Lagos Traffic Law guiding the Okada operations, after his predecessors, Babatunde Fashola and Akinwunmi Ambode’s administrations had banned their activities.

On the fresh ban, the state Commissoner for Transportation, Dr. Fredric Oladeinde, and Commissoner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, announced this at an inter-ministerial media briefing on Thursday, held at Alausa, Ikeja.

The latest affected councils s include:
Kosofe, Ikosi-Isheri, Oshodi-Isolo, Mushin, including the respective LCDAs in the areas.

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/08/lagos-bans-okada-operations-in-4-more-local-govt/

Wishing Lagos all the best, though this is too extreme but necessary for Lagos state to attain the true status of megacity.

Good initiative. Four more, still more to come.
Lagos needs more cleansing than just okada ban, they should ban all the agberos and Tinubu urchins then we can have a better lagos. Shalom

Lagos is adjusting its strategy to create a sane environment, Berger, Isheri criminals are the ones terrorising Long Bridge, armed Robbery etc. Oshodi-Isolo axis harbours criminals too. The ban might be the best strategy to cub the activities of Criminals

Okadaban is good for some, bad news for some.

Lagos is the most progressive thinking thinking state in Nigeria as at now . Banning commercial motorcycle is good. With the opening of light rail ,the traffic in Lagos will be reduced by 50% and with Lagride there won't be need for Okada anymore and sanity and security will return to the state ... Beautiful, if only other states governors inherited solid blueprint from their predecessors Nigeria will be better off .
Tinubu has laid the legacy and ensured the system of continuity in dispensing good governance for a modern Lagos today. Kudos to Fashola, Ambode Sanwo-Olu for being capable heir.
Kudos to Lagosians for making the right choices . Eko o ni baje.
Kudos to Nigerians who wants a better Nigeria and will vote Tinubu for his visionary and leadership skills devoid of religious, ethnic and political sentiments.

caracas:

We should vote for Tinubu so he can re enact the unlivability status on all Nigeria. A better leader would have solved all this problems a long time ago, given all in its advantage, but instead your thifnubu has been converting all Lagos money to his personal property.
Thieefnubu will never rule Nigeria…

if half Lagos population is shared with Abuja there'd be break down of law and order in a year . What you fail to see is that despite the never ending population influx Lagos is still able to manage the economic burden of the whole country and make meaningful progress

Pls include ojo and amuwo, that's their headquarters

Mumu…

A man drunken on a little success.

The okada ban is yet to be effectively implemented on the island.

Great move. The best governor so far.. Ban all

Good one

This 'Kindergaten Governor' again! Oh! Please!

All the previous bans have not been enforced he's here announcing a new one. He should go to Eleganza,Chevron & Phase 1 area in Lekki to see how Okada riders are plying their trade unabated.

Who is even afraid of a 'Baby Governor?'. Abegi!

PS- the public image of our government officials have been so battered by corruption that no one takes them seriously again.

Good One there Mr Performing Pointer.

Like this, na trekking be that for my dear Isolo for night

Pastelio:
They should make sure they're making provisions for alternatives

Provisions are in Onitsha

Pastelio:
They should make sure they're making provisions for alternatives

Which alternative? Let them go back to their village!

chloride6:
Mumu…

A man drunken on a little success.

The okada ban is yet to be effectively implemented on the island.

Sorry, no avenue for you to do your petty thieving. Go back to your Upper Iweka Bridge Head, Onitsha where you came from

How will tinubu touts now make a living ?

Chai

Awon Aboki ti takeover!

Wait and see. When it is one month to election, they will unban it and tell us that the okada association have pledged to be law abiding..
It will not work this time.

NaijaRoyalty:
How will tinubu touts now make a living ?

We should be asking you

Validated:
Wait and see. When it is one month to election, they will unban it and tell us that the okada association have pledged to be law abiding..
It will not work this time.

Yes. Everything is Fair in Politics, in Love, and in War

That's what they ought to do before the ban.

Now na Keke napep key bash cars anyhow, most riders are okada riders.

Pastelio:
They should make sure they're making provisions for alternatives

Pastelio:
They should make sure they're making provisions for alternatives

Not possible, when Lagos begged for special status, our own southern brothers voted against it, now u expect Lagos to shoulder the responsibility of every state?

Every money both oil and otherwise that leaves or enters Nigeria passes through Lagos. So is every importation that serves the need of over 200 million Nigerians. Yet Lagos is like potopoto. When I arrived Nigeria months ago I wanted to reside there but then from the airport itself I started changing my mind. I ended up staying in Lagos just for a week with severe stresses.

I tell you truth, if the politicians from Lagos are doing well, by now Dubai should be a child's play to Lagos. But then you see people calling Lagos a mega city just because people live in it?. Really?
To every lagos, Tinubu and co are owing you guys more then 50 million naira each. When you see then, ask them for your money that they stole

Me as a rider in Oshodi - Isolo. My point is that if okada is ban totally, it will save lives. Because just last month alone i have two different accidents. But the question is that which other work can i get easily. I mean easily

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