THE LAW IS DESIGNED FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT THE PEOPLE FOR THE LAW..THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HAS A HABIT OF MAKING LAWS THAT ARE MORE PUNITIVE THAN CORRECTIVE.."BURN THE BABY BECAUSE HE IS DIRTY"... ITS SO EASY TO PUNISH OKADA RIDERS AND STRIP THEM OF THEIR LIVELIHOOD OR FORCE A PENSIONER WHOSE CAR OVERHEATS BY THE ROAD TO PAY 50,000 TO LASTMA AFTER HIS CAR IS TOWED.. IN THE NAME OF LAWS ..WHAT LAWS?.. MUST THE COMMON MAN BE MADE TO SUFFER FOR THE FAILURE OF THE ELECTORATE... THE GOVT HAS FAILED TO PROVIDE JOBS ..MAKE LOANS ACCESSIBLE TO SMES OR CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING .. THE ALTERNATIVE THEY PROVIDE IS TO EMPLOY LAGOSIANS TO SWEEP GROUNDS AND PAY 10K A MONTH OR EMPLOY GRADUATES AS CONTRACT AND CASUAL STAFF IN ALAUSA .. AGREED THE OKADAS ARE A MENACE .. BUT WE CANNOT BE OBLIVIOUS OF THE FACT THAT THIS SAME OKADAS HELP FEED MANY LAGOSIANS WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE HUNGRY AND IMPOVERISHED .. A REGULAR OKADA MAN MAKES OVER N3000 A DAY .. ON A VERY BAD DAY.. THATS MORE THAN AN AVERAGE CIVIL SERVANT MAKES IN ALAUSA. MANY OF THEM FEED THEIR FAMILIES AND SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL ON THIS SAME OKADA STUFF.. LIKE EVERY OTHER FIELD YOU HAVE THE DEFAULTERS ..YES SOME COMMIT CRIMES WITH IT AND SOME DISOBEY TRAFFIC LAWS, BUT SO DO BUS DRIVERS AND CAR OWNERS.. SO WHY CANT THE STATE DEVICE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. PUTTING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT PEOPLES LIVELIHOODS ARE AT STAKE..... WHATS THE ALTERNATIVE ?..WHAT IDEAS HAVE BEEN PUT IN PLACE TO GIVE A SOFT LANDING TO THE CITIZENRY ESPECIALLY THE LAW ABIDING OKADA RIDER WHO HAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO ? WHY CANT LAGOS STATE BORROW IDEAS FROM AKWA IBOM STATE OR IMO SATE THAT CREATED ALTERNATIVES.. WHY CANT LAGOS STATE DEVICE IDEAS UNIQUE TO ITS ENVIRONMENT.. MUST THE COMMON MAN BE MADE TO SUFFER FOR THE BRAIN DRAIN OF POLITICIANS ,LAW MAKERS OR THEIR OVERZEALOUS HEADS OF MINISTRIES..IF THE STATE LACKS IDEAS THEN LET IT CALL FOR PROFESSIONAL HELP AND PAY CONSULTANTS WHOSE JOB IT IS TO FORMULATE WORKABLE IDEAS (GO ASK PAT UTOMI OF LBS ).. POLICE MEN NOW SEIZE AND HARASS EVERY BIKE THEY FIND ON EVERY TURN RESTRICTION OR NOT..EXTORTING MONEY FROM THE ONES THEY CAN.. LASTMA NOW WORKS WITH THE SAME TOUTS ..THAT FASHOLA COULD NOT GET OFF THE ROAD.. IF THE GOVERNMENT MUST DEMAND OBEDIENCE FROM ITS CITIZENRY THEN IT MUST BE SEEN TO HAVE PLAYED ITS PART IN BEING RESPONSIBLE.. NOT WHEN THE IDEA OF RESPONSIBILITY IS BUILDING TOLL GATES THAT CAUSE THE SAME TRAFFIC THAT THE ROAD WAS DESIGNED TO PREVENT..(SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE IN TRAFFIC FOR OVER AN HOUR JUST TO PAY TOLL FEE ) OR PLANTING TREES ALONG THE ROADS AND AWARDING RIDICULOUS CONTRACTS FOR HORTICULTURE .. OR AWARDING ROAD CONTRACTS THAT NEVER GETS FINISHED ..OR BRT BUS SCHEMES THAT CHARGE FARES MORE THAN THE REGULAR BUSES ON THE SAME ROUTE..OR ENACTING TENANCY LAWS THAT REMAIN UNENFORCEABLE IN SPECIFIED AREAS.. TRUTH BE TOLD .. THE FASHOLA ADMINISTRATION IS AN ELITIST ONE.. BUT EVEN THOUGH LAGOSIANS ARE TIRED OF ACN AND ITS MADNESS.. WHATS THE ALTERNATIVE...THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA..DEFINATLY NOT PDP..

PDP is definitely the alternative.