idesignwebsite: So because of that,he should watch them die everyday abi and kill innocent passenger with them.I am sure if u go to Igbobi majority of the patient are Okada riders flaunting the rules.

idesignwebsite: @wizzmc do u know how many potential massob and boko guys riding okada in lagos. It is a serious security threat,quite frankly I don't know how we want to build our own abu-dhabi if we don't stop the ghettolization of Lagos.

luvinhubby:
The minimum wage in Dubai & Abu Dhabi is 3000AED ( N130,000), how much does an average income earner take home in Lasgidi. The unemployment rate in U.A.E is less 10%, how & where do you start to compare.

redsun:

It is a tough question,but dynamic changes come with sacrifices.People just got to learn to adapt without sinking,because at the long run,it always turn out better.

So many people in lagos will be bettter off having their own small farms,making hard but decent living,in relative decent environment in country side.

pappilo:

I dont know what road the first picture was taken on but it sure looks major enough for okadas not to be allowed on it. Why didnt Fash enforce this ban before the election if this Lagos Traffic law has been in existence for donkeys like you claim.

GboyegaD:

So biased. I have being to Igbobi many times and at a time, my youngest sister was admitted because she fell off the stairs and her hip bone shifted. In the ward that she was, most of them were various forms of accidents and bikes were not so common compared to cars.

Billyonaire: The Ban on Okada is a necessary evil. Someone has to clean the mess called Lagos. Majority of the riders are from Niger Republic and Chad

GboyegaD:

How many of his policies has brought about the better Lagos we all shout? I cannot count the many terrible experiences I had with his ways of implementing policies. While I agree with the need for sacrifices, there is also a need for caution and providing some form of cushoning before implementing policies knowing well that we are very backward in terms of development.

smackimorn: all this daft, good for nothing YORUBA's here...who alwz say village nd igbo anyhow are useless.....i live in lagos, nd i'm happy to have a village, buh the lagosianz gave dia land to d white pple wu came during d slave bla blah...tinkin d whyte were godz...shame on lagosianz..

OtunbaGm: I remember very vividly that Fashola was distributing helmet to Okada riders before his re-election for seconD term in oFfice! Now hE is serving them with traffic laws! Weldone d Captain!

I am in Ondo stAte now, ur brodA akEre fail yakata. Don't forget you mite need dos okada riders again!

Iyan ogun odun man joyan lowo! D good in those okada are beta dan baD ones! We shall see saw! O dojo alE......

Olumogun: A ROBBERY OPERATION TOOK PLACE LAST WEEKEND DURING WHICH THE ROBBERS TOLD THE OLD WOMAN IN THE HOUSE
"Sorry ma! we just have to do this. What engaged us from doing this has been taken away, so for now, we have no alternatives."
In as much as I don't appreciate all the excess of these OKADA riders,
I think the swiftness of banning them is too sudden for a society like ours.
Where do the operators turn to to take care of their family, pay school fees, pay house rent, etc.
Hope our community is not in trouble by this reformation?

Logicboy03:


Corruption is the main problem and you seem like a political thug defending his daddy.

There are certain laws that have to be bent because of the people it can harm. Take the illegal immigration of Mexicans to USA. They are commiting a crime but now, many of them will be given amnesty and an approach to citizenship because the cost and harm in relocating the illegals to Mexico are too much.


There are many Okada riders that have been sustaining families with their Okad. Why not create jobs in the transport industry or create a moto gp race where okada riders can compete or something before banning the Okadas all together?

How would these poor people feed or eat?


You are a wicked soul.

martyns303: The master plan, use them to get to the top, however make sure u destroy them so the nxt man don't use them to defeat you.

thelastPope:

Best for where? Don't let me even start! Most of you seat in VI and read the nation to form your opinion of Nigeria. The best governor in Nigeria is Godswill Akpabio by miles! When you go to Akwa ibom, you will now understand the meaning of the phrase "shaping the future". Fashola is just planting grass and flower. Before now, the best governor was Donald Duke! Ironically, both are PDP.

What does Lagos have? Lagos doesn't even have a simple zoo! No new hospital! No new university! No public water! Lol

All the facilities in Lagos are private sector driven. The private sector is the one developing Lagos, not LASG. All LASG is doing is collecting tax!

Aringarosa: Stopping Over 40,000 Okada Riders From Their Daily Means Of Livelihood?

DANGOTEONE: I believe Air Transportation in Nigeria should also be banned because it has recorded the most death(s) in AN HOUR (more than 154 SOULS perished in an hour trip) than all other means of transport combined.

james1: Banning okada is taking from people their means of livelihood but its a policy the LASG thinks is good for the overal good of the state.
Why didn't fashola think up a way to at least cushion the damning effects that's is certain to come on the riders,their families and the general public?
Why is a city the size of lagos without an intra city rail system?
Why did fashola now choose to insult the the okada riders this way?after election.
Why did they not deem it fit to include in the v/i-epe expressway,rail tracks?
May God help A C N come 2015.

lagerwhenindoubt: those illiterate okada biatches did not see the Ban coming

lagerwhenindoubt: those illiterate okada biatches did not see the Ban coming

lagerwhenindoubt: those illiterate okada biatches did not see the Ban coming

mapet: I wonder your contradictory submissions. Answers to your questions are simple

1. What cushion effect are you talking about Is riding Okada on a designated highway lawful in the first place.
2. Intra-city rail? - Fashola is building it already
3. Please stop this trash about "he used them for election". I challenge someone to show me the stats of the number of Okada riders that voted. Truth is your vote is your franchise, you use it the way it best suits you. All this cry is senseless.
4. "May God help ACN in 2015" is a needless pray. We should be more concern about building credible and sustainable state, so that our children will not be born into chaos like Sudan, Mali, Somalia, Haiti etc It starts by refusing to right wrongs and ills of the society, and allowing destructive tendencies to persist under the guise that some people might be affected.

naptu2: One of several meetings.

[size=14pt]Okada riders meet Fashola, back new traffic law[/size]



September 12, 2012 | 12:59 am

News

By MONSUR OLOWOOPEJO

Commercial motorcycle operators in Lagos state, yesterday declared their total support for the new traffic law in the state.

The operators under the aegis of Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State, MOALS of National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Lagos state, declared their support for the new law at the end of a closed door meeting with the state governor, Babatunde Fashola at the State House, Alausa,Ikeja.

Speaking on behalf of the association at the end of the meeting which lasted for several hours, Chairman of MOALS of NURTW, Mr. Tijani Pekis said “ We are now ready to comply totally with the traffic law.”

Explaining on what transpired at the meeting, Pekis explained “at the meeting, we explained our grievances to the governor on the new traffic law.”

According to him, “But when we listened to his response, it was human. It suits us as a union. We all appreciate his response and we decided to back the law.

“As the grand patron of the okada riders in the state, he has assured us that the law will continue to have human face. And we have also assured him that we will go back to our members and sensitize them on the importance of the new law before the enforcement,” he said.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/09/okada-riders-meet-fashola-back-new-traffic-law/