sucess001:



Guy...y u arguing from two contradictory angles...u say u want total ban yet in same breath u say no one wud need okada if govt provided gud transport system and roads...meanin govt has failed to provide both..dts d reason pple nid okadas...dnt u tink its more logical to say okadas shdnt be banned until govt provides d gud transport system and good roads?

Use Okada till when?

Okada should be banned now so we all appreciate the problems we have as a nation and face it together - transportation, power and attendant unemployment. Okada is not a decent means of transporting human beings.

Do you get that?

Wadeoye:

Use Okada till when?

Okada should be banned now so we all appreciate the problems we have as a nation and face it together - transportation, power and attendant unemployment. Okada is not a decent means of transporting human beings.

Do you get that?

Wats indecent about d okada? I wanna knw.


Perhaps...trekking is more decent? I have d feelin u dnt use okadas so its more of 'who cares?'...and wen did 'banning so we can suffer to appreciate our problems' become a solution to problems?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uWmXG2JI9s

[size=17pt]Okada Accident[/size]

After going thru this I laff at what I read. I cnt believe nigerians r actually dis backward. N d truth still remains dat d citizens r 80percent of d problem not d govt. What is okada? U all shud b ashamed of urselves dat u r getting all worked up over okada been ban. So wot move on life continues. N if I were fashola, after dey r totally eradicated frm d state, let dem get rid of does danfo guys too and sanitize d transportation system. Cmon. We need to step up our game. Itsnt gona b easy nothing gud comes easy but if its d sacrifise we ve to make to get our beloved country to where it is. Why not.I ve lived in wales n obviously okada isn't an option. So many pple dnt ve cars n even those dat do dnt drive it. Do u knw dat there r places dat buses only come thru ur street every 30-45mins and d walk to d trains station or bus station is bout 20mins. Wot do dey do? Dey walk. Ask anybody u walk in d uk. Where to change either ur bus or train is 10mins away dey walk. In d freezin cold u walk. My hood was hilly. I wud walk n rest n walk. Did I blame d uk govt dat in nig we ve okada?. U even c old pple wit their walking stick walking. N here we r crying okada okada. For d xcuse of no alternative plsvent u seen movies. Ve u seen rush hour in train/bus station where u wait wit crowd n d train comes n u ve no more space sef. So wots d fuse its everywhere. N dey is no okada. So nigerians stop being spoilt brats. N d truth is if we lagosians jst set a standard for ourselves n dnt patronise dem dey wud look for something else to do. D truth is dey shudnt b doin dat cuz its no job atall.life isn't easy, but okada isn't d only pple dat r affaected, hw about pple who lost their jobs in banking, telecoms, did dey resort to stealing. So get over dey wud b robbers if dey wud let dem b n let God judge dem. D govt is trying. Its a step at a time but some things shudnt b permited and one of it is okada is not a means of transportation. Thank u

skelemba: After going thru this I laff at what I read. I cnt believe nigerians r actually dis backward. N d truth still remains dat d citizens r 80percent of d problem not d govt. What is okada? U all shud b ashamed of urselves dat u r getting all worked up over okada been ban. So wot move on life continues. N if I were fashola, after dey r totally eradicated frm d state, let dem get rid of does danfo guys too and sanitize d transportation system. Cmon. We need to step up our game. Itsnt gona b easy nothing gud comes easy but if its d sacrifise we ve to make to get our beloved country to where it is. Why not.I ve lived in wales n obviously okada isn't an option. So many pple dnt ve cars n even those dat do dnt drive it. Do u knw dat there r places dat buses only come thru ur street every 30-45mins and d walk to d trains station or bus station is bout 20mins. Wot do dey do? Dey walk. Ask anybody u walk in d uk. Where to change either ur bus or train is 10mins away dey walk. In d freezin cold u walk. My hood was hilly. I wud walk n rest n walk. Did I blame d uk govt dat in nig we ve okada?. U even c old pple wit their walking stick walking. N here we r crying okada okada. For d xcuse of no alternative plsvent u seen movies. Ve u seen rush hour in train/bus station where u wait wit crowd n d train comes n u ve no more space sef. So wots d fuse its everywhere. N dey is no okada. So nigerians stop being spoilt brats. N d truth is if we lagosians jst set a standard for ourselves n dnt patronise dem dey wud look for something else to do. D truth is dey shudnt b doin dat cuz its no job atall.life isn't easy, but okada isn't d only pple dat r affaected, hw about pple who lost their jobs in banking, telecoms, did dey resort to stealing. So get over dey wud b robbers if dey wud let dem b n let God judge dem. D govt is trying. Its a step at a time but some things shudnt b permited and one of it is okada is not a means of transportation. Thank u

Let's not mislead pple here...steppin up our game aint advocating trekkin...in taking ur stand...u shd consider some tins...first do they have an efficient rail and water transport system in d Wales u copiously refer to? Is same condition applicable here? Wats d population of Wales compared to Lagos alone? Wats their per capital income? Oga...tink tru it all. And who says Lagos must follow d wales example? Uk has d best transport system in d world...can u say same for Lagos?
Each country has to make a choice of transport dt fits with its peculiar circumstances...dts y china wud encourage and make bicycles its official means of transport...so let's not come here and be fanning our egoistical nuances abeg

Lol funny so ur idea of peculairty is OKADA. I m not misleading anybody. The same thing applies both in wales n anypart of d UK. Pple walk. Trekking isn't a bad thing if u can cycle it cycle it. N d population of wales has nothing to do wit it. London is one of d highhly populated city in d world. Dey dnt ve okada. So pls if u r talkin about pecularity or innovative means okada isn't an option it is even embarrassing. Haba Lagos is a mega city cmon dnt u knw wots good for it. If u cnt walk it wait for a bus if u cnt wait for a bus. Dem move to somewhere where u r can get wot u want. My friend was affected in d banking crisis in abuja. After he lost his job he moved his family out of abj to lag sold his car n paid for a rent y cuz d cost of livin in abj is high. Things wud not alwaz work out for u if u cnt cope move around. There rsmaller states in nigeria. So pls dnt ever say lagos shud ve its own peculiar transport system n okada is d option. Pls what is okada.sef.

skelemba: Lol funny so ur idea of peculairty is OKADA. I m not misleading anybody. The same thing applies both in wales n anypart of d UK. Pple walk. Trekking isn't a bad thing if u can cycle it cycle it. N d population of wales has nothing to do wit it. London is one of d highhly populated city in d world. Dey dnt ve okada. So pls if u r talkin about pecularity or innovative means okada isn't an option it is even embarrassing. Haba Lagos is a mega city cmon dnt u knw wots good for it. If u cnt walk it wait for a bus if u cnt wait for a bus. Dem move to somewhere where u r can get wot u want. My friend was affected in d banking crisis in abuja. After he lost his job he moved his family out of abj to lag sold his car n paid for a rent y cuz d cost of livin in abj is high. Things wud not alwaz work out for u if u cnt cope move around. There rsmaller states in nigeria. So pls dnt ever say lagos shud ve its own peculiar transport system n okada is d option. Pls what is okada.sef.

Thanks my man - most of the people here seem to be mentally and physically lazy. All we want is shortcut shortcut... They dont want to trek, they dont want to wait and they see putting pressure on government to do the right as something unachievable. Our thinking is too shorterm - no vision, no planning. These guys think they are helping the Okada riders by not supporting the ban. They think they are helping the peopple/commuters by saying no to ban. How short-sighted can these people be? For the Okada riders, what becomes of their future if they waste all their useful lifetime riding Okada when the same person can probably own a farm land and get his life more organized. When the same man can focus on his profession (bet it carpentary or plumbling, etc) and get a more organised living. If government is an impediment to this, why can we all work together and put pressure on government? - state and federal instead of looking for shortcut and postponing the evil day while destroying your future.

skelemba: After going thru this I laff at what I read. I cnt believe nigerians r actually dis backward. N d truth still remains dat d citizens r 80percent of d problem not d govt. What is okada? U all shud b ashamed of urselves dat u r getting all worked up over okada been ban. So wot move on life continues. N if I were fashola, after dey r totally eradicated frm d state, let dem get rid of does danfo guys too and sanitize d transportation system. Cmon. We need to step up our game. Itsnt gona b easy nothing gud comes easy but if its d sacrifise we ve to make to get our beloved country to where it is. Why not.I ve lived in wales n obviously okada isn't an option. So many pple dnt ve cars n even those dat do dnt drive it. Do u knw dat there r places dat buses only come thru ur street every 30-45mins and d walk to d trains station or bus station is bout 20mins. Wot do dey do? Dey walk. Ask anybody u walk in d uk. Where to change either ur bus or train is 10mins away dey walk. In d freezin cold u walk. My hood was hilly. I wud walk n rest n walk. Did I blame d uk govt dat in nig we ve okada?. U even c old pple wit their walking stick walking. N here we r crying okada okada. For d xcuse of no alternative plsvent u seen movies. Ve u seen rush hour in train/bus station where u wait wit crowd n d train comes n u ve no more space sef. So wots d fuse its everywhere. N dey is no okada. So nigerians stop being spoilt brats. N d truth is if we lagosians jst set a standard for ourselves n dnt patronise dem dey wud look for something else to do. D truth is dey shudnt b doin dat cuz its no job atall.life isn't easy, but okada isn't d only pple dat r affaected, hw about pple who lost their jobs in banking, telecoms, did dey resort to stealing. So get over dey wud b robbers if dey wud let dem b n let God judge dem. D govt is trying. Its a step at a time but some things shudnt b permited and one of it is okada is not a means of transportation. Thank u

Abeg, tell them oo.. Okada, okada, okada, you peeps should move on.

[skelemba]Lol funny so ur idea of peculairty is OKADA. I m not
misleading anybody. The same thing applies both in wales n anypart of d
UK. Pple walk. Trekking isn't a bad thing if u can cycle it cycle it. N d
population of wales has nothing to do wit it. London is one of d
highhly populated city in d world. Dey dnt ve okada. So pls if u r
talkin about pecularity or innovative means okada isn't an option it is
even embarrassing. Haba Lagos is a mega city cmon dnt u knw wots good
for it. If u cnt walk it wait for a bus if u cnt wait for a bus. Dem
move to somewhere where u r can get wot u want. My friend was affected
in d banking crisis in abuja. After he lost his job he moved his family
out of abj to lag sold his car n paid for a rent y cuz d cost of livin
in abj is high. Things wud not alwaz work out for u if u cnt cope move
around. There rsmaller states in nigeria. So pls dnt ever say lagos shud
ve its own peculiar transport system n okada is d option. Pls what is
okada.sef.

guy or gal which ever you are, i'm sure you have not walk under dat 40 degree sun light in lagos or any part of the north in Nigeria if you try to walk for 10 minute you will faint olodo oshi. why cant fashola leave is convoy and start walking on the street of lagos selfish governor.

if i own an okada and working with it,this ban will definitely get me aggravated but i dont so my comments may not be coated with enough sympathy.
when BRF banned taxi licences for tokunbo,taxi owners and prospective taxi owners didnt like it but lagosians loved the new sharp cabs.
when the complaints and campaign against okada was brewing what steps the bajaj and jincheng take?did they consult with LASG?maybe suggest dedicated colors for okada(florescent green or orange),create training facility for new motocycle riders and retrain those ones that actually need it?
what effort has okada riders association made to sanitise their operations
what are the chances that an okada man is a foreigner?is it the work that our poor transport system created for malians,chadian,nigeriens that is being threatened or the unhealthy multiplication of okada levy collectors?
okada has proven to be very useful when there is a crucial deadline(e.g business meeting,airport etc)but do we need +100,000 of them?
general sanity and swag is enough reason ban okada,lagos is the only big city black africans can call their city,people who have never travelled outside this country to any of the 'swag cities' of this world will always shout when chicken and ram sellers are cleared from under the bridges.
people crying like babies because they stood in bus-stop for 1 hour,no wonder govt officials steal with impunity,how can people who cry because of no okada cause a change for the better?

manibuds: if i own an okada and working with it,this ban will definitely get me aggravated but i dont so my comments may not be coated with enough sympathy.
when BRF banned taxi licences for tokunbo,taxi owners and prospective taxi owners didnt like it but lagosians loved the new sharp cabs.
when the complaints and campaign against okada was brewing what steps the bajaj and jincheng take?did they consult with LASG?maybe suggest dedicated colors for okada(florescent green or orange),create training facility for new motocycle riders and retrain those ones that actually need it?
what effort has okada riders association made to sanitise their operations
what are the chances that an okada man is a foreigner?is it the work that our poor transport system created for malians,chadian,nigeriens that is being threatened or the unhealthy multiplication of okada levy collectors?
okada has proven to be very useful when there is a crucial deadline(e.g business meeting,airport etc)but do we need +100,000 of them?
general sanity and swag is enough reason ban okada,lagos is the only big city black africans can call their city,people who have never travelled outside this country to any of the 'swag cities' of this world will always shout when chicken and ram sellers are cleared from under the bridges.
people crying like babies because they stood in bus-stop for 1 hour,no wonder govt officials steal with impunity,how can people who cry because of no okada cause a change for the better?

God bless you. Nuff said.

Sum1 from d comfort of his home in d UK z shoutin 'u walk' n peeps here r busy hailin him. Toks abt a train station, buses dat come 30/45 mins n dey all smilin 'tel dem o, dis is a megacity', u walk! Under d hot sun in d whole of ikeja GRA and festac where buses r not available, u walk! And d ones advocating d walking exercise r in dia AirConditioned cars, breezin past u or evn splashin dirty water on u while ure walking and ure sweatin lyk a guinea pig. Why? Because lagos is gradually becomin a mega-city. D home of d rich n mighty where dose who cannot afford cars r not welcome! Sm1 was evn advocatin d ban of danfo drivers...ppl dat don't have cars shd walk or leave Lagos, as long as I have my AirConditioned tokunbo jeep, who cares?...frm ikeja 2 obalende, dey shd walk because in d UK where transportation is perfect, dey walk... Seriously I don't know wat 2 cal u guys, but God's wrath z cumin upon u soon!

[size=17pt]End of the Road for 'Killer Okada'[/size]

28 OCTOBER 2012

Amid the stand-off between commercial motorcyclists and the authorities in Lagos over the ban of Okada, mind-boggling figures show high Okada fatality rate in the state.

Commercial motorcycle,popularly called Okada, came into being in Lagos State to mitigate the transportation challenges due to the chaotic traffic situation in the state. The state, classified to be a megacity, according to United Nations, UN, has a population of over 18 million people.

But the other side to the mitigation of the transportation challenges in the state is that Okada has brought in its wake high incidences of fatal accidents on the roads and cases of armed robberies.

A visit to orthopaedic hospitals in the state would confirm the commercial motorcyclist fatality as those who have lost limbs and arms litter the facilities while many children have become orphans by the recklessness of Okada riders.

No less than 619 people were among victims either killed or seriously injured in commercial motorcycle accidents across Lagos in the last two years, a record by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) showed.

The records from the Planning and Research Department of LASTMA also revealed that out of the number, 107 people died while 512 sustained serious injuries as a result of the accidents showing further that of those who died in the two years, 71 were male while 36 were female.

Details of the accidents between January 2011 and October 2012 further revealed that a total of 442 commercial Okada were involved across the state during the period out of which 271 occurred in 2011 while 171 occurred this year.

Also, according to the records, in 2011 alone, 47 were killed and 98 others sustained serious injuries while from January 2012 to date 63 people have been killed while 59 others sustained serious injuries.

Police records also revealed that a total of 513 fatal accidents recorded in the state in the last two years were caused by Okada. According to the records, out of this number, 305 happened between January and December 2011 while 208 happened between January and June this year.

The records also revealed that of the 30 armed robbery incidents recorded in Lagos between July and September this year, 22 involved commercial motorcycles. Details, according to the records, show that of eight robberies that occurred in July, seven involved the use of Okada while Okada was also used in 10 out of 14 robberies in September and five out of eight robberies in August.

Governor Babatunde Fashola, on August 2, 2012 ,assented his signature to the Lagos Road Traffic Law partly to contain the Okada riders recklessness by stopping them from plying 475 roads comprising of major highways and bridges in Lagos.

'I AM RUINED'

The ban marked the beginning of a rough time between the state government and the Okada riders who argued that the government move was to deprive them of their means of livelihood. Truly, the state government had resorted to the seizure of erring Okada and burning them. No fewer than 300 of the confiscated Okada were said to have been burnt by the state government. On Monday,the Okada riders took to the streets to protest the action in the course of which they destroyed at least 10 Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, buses along Ikorodu Road..

The protesters later converged on Mushin area where they engaged law enforcement agencies in another violent confrontation.

One of the Okada protesters, who spoke to SundayVanguard without revealing his identity, said they resorted to attacking BRT buses because because they were owned by government which had forced them out of business..

He lamented that his bike had been seized twice by overzealous officials over flimsy traffic violation.

According to him, he had been in Okada business for over five years in Lagos during which he had been using the proceeds to maintain his two wives and children. "With this ban now, my life is hopeless. I don't have any money to start a new business. I am ruined."

Alarmed by the violence by the Okada riders, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly are contemplating outrightly banning Okada in the state.

Speaker of the House, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, while condemning vandalisation of government property by the Okada riders, frowned at the action, calling on the state government to further strengthen security agencies to protect lives and property.

Ikuforiji warned that the House would not hesitate to ban Okada out rightly if the riders continued to destroy government property and constituted nuisance in the state.

Hon. Bisi Yusuf, a member of the parliament, noted that Okada had been banned in Yola, Yobe, Kano, Abuja, Rivers and some parts of the Osun, saying Lagos would not be an exemption.

'NO GOING BACK ON ENFORCEMENT'

Meanwhile,Fashola says the ban on Okada on the listed roads in the state has come to stay. The governor, speaking as a guest of the Metropolitan Club, Victoria Island,Lagos at a special session on law and order in the state, entitled, "Freedom from Fear", noted that a lot depended on the citizenry in ensuring an orderly society.

He said everyone must build a consensus that the idea behind the new traffic law is one that involves the quality of life of everyone, the protection of the assets of every resident of Lagos and his business.

Tracing the various well organized public transport systems that had existed in the past like the L.M.T.S and L.S.T.C, he said it should agitate the minds of citizens and members of the Club how the state arrived at its present state in terms of the unbridled operation of commercial motorcyclists.

According to Fashola, in less than two decades, Okada has gained so much prominence that it has become a phenomenon which should not have been allowed in the first place, stressing that the elites also contributed as many encouraged their staff and employees to start taking Okada to run errands quickly.

"The only way to stop the business from flourishing is by not patronizing them. It is a business that if the income from it dwindles, the business proposition of those in it will change",the governor stated.

"As a governor, I always take it upon myself to fight against any attempt by Very Important Personalities to close roads and the people must be ready to fight against behaviours and conducts that are hazardous to healthy and secure existence.

"This is a law made by the State House of Assembly,a law that I swore on oath to defend and that is my duty. I make no apologies for doing it and I will continue to do it. If we continue like this, we are on the road to Bangkok in Thailand".

Fashola said there should be concerted efforts by everyone to ensure that Nigeria does not reach the notorious status of Bangkok in terms of traffic because Bangkok is a city that loses about one million dollars every year to traffic congestion and where the training of the average traffic police officer includes the delivery of babies from pregnant women who are trapped in traffic.

Urging business executives and corporate leaders to rethink the types of ventures being supported, the governor said the tricycles known as Keke Marwa represents the sign of India's age of poverty which the country is striving hard to move away from as it is now busy manufacturing TATA buses and wondered why that is what Nigerians are now embracing wholeheartedly.

He added that the same applies to motorcycles which originated from China, saying currently the Chinese are making fast trains for their usage while Nigerians are helping their economy by patronizing their Okada.

Noting that those who break the law with impunity are,often more than not, aliens with no respect for rules and regulation, Fashola revealed that within 24 hours,over 100

people from Niger Republic had been escorted out of Lagos, stressing that there was no going back on the enforcement of the State Traffic Law.

According to him,the presence or absence of law and order in any society is what determines whether the people will live in fear or without it.

He stated that traffic should not be viewed as a problem but rather a sign of of prosperity in any emerging megacity like Lagos because as more people move into the city there would be congestion.

The governor, however, explained that the traffic being complained about is the rush hour traffic which is not peculiar to Lagos, adding that in the United States of America, it is better to walk in Manhattan than to drive a car, admonishing that Nigerians should stop feeling sorry for themselves whenever they are in traffic.

Giving an insight into some of the proactive steps being taken to manage traffic, Fashola said the state government had gone a step further by introducing the traffic radio to give advance information to members of the public on how they can plan their trips adequately.

He explained that the new road traffic law has made provision against drinking or eating behind the wheels because government believes that only split seconds stand between fatal accidents and surviving as any momentary loss of concentration could have catastrophic consequences.

On the suggestion that the Highway Code should be a subject of study in schools for children to learn at the formative stage, the governor said government was already working on how to develop a basic curriculum that would be developed from a book on same subject without encroaching on the basic school curriculum.

Sunday Vanguard gathered last week that since the aggressive enforcement of the road traffic law commenced after about three months sensitization and public enlightenment, many displaced Okada riders who are still lucky to have their motorcycles are relocating to neighbouring states of Ogun, Oyo, Osun to continue their okada business.

It was also learnt that there were about a million Okada riders, registered and unregistered, in Lagos though there are only two recognised associations, one of which is Motorcycles Association of Lagos State, MOALS.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201210280061.html?viewall=1

Wadeoye:

Thanks my man - most of the people here seem to be mentally and physically lazy. All we want is shortcut shortcut... They dont want to trek, they dont want to wait and they see putting pressure on government to do the right as something unachievable. Our thinking is too shorterm - no vision, no planning. These guys think they are helping the Okada riders by not supporting the ban. They think they are helping the peopple/commuters by saying no to ban. How short-sighted can these people be? For the Okada riders, what becomes of their future if they waste all their useful lifetime riding Okada when the same person can probably own a farm land and get his life more organized. When the same man can focus on his profession (bet it carpentary or plumbling, etc) and get a more organised living. If government is an impediment to this, why can we all work together and put pressure on government? - state and federal instead of looking for shortcut and postponing the evil day while destroying your future.

i really dont get the reasoning onf some of our self acclaimed 'exposed' people in this forum...i read a bit of political science and i understand the purpose of government is to provide solutions for the governed. my question is...has the ban created any solution? if u make a ban and u dont give an alternative...u re as dumb as the many dumb posts on this thread.

i laugh at the argument som pple are profering sayin they want a mega city...then my question is ...wat purpose is a mega city? to impress our oyinbo counterparts or to make our lives better? is beijin not a mega city? wats the official means of transport there? i ve noticed a trend here...most of the pple sayin the okada shd go are pple who dont use dem...and now see it as a nuisance not forgettin they once used it @ some point before they became comfortable...and for the safety fear...i ask...does planes not have accidents...does carsw not have accidents? do we ban it all?

let me state categorically here...esp to Wadeoye...ur mind is made up...to u the bike men are rats and pests that shd leave d road for pple like u dat can ride comfortable cars so as to have the 'mega city' feel...we dont need pple like u here...dats why u left d country in the first place...only pple who feel wat the average man feels will understand where it hurts...am comfortable...i have a car buh i also use bikes and i knw they damndeserve the raods as much as u do...


dnt bother tryin to sound knowledgeable...cos ur reasoning is as faulty and dysfunctional as it gets...

[size=17pt]Foluke Daramola Supports Fashola On Okada Ban[/size]

October 29, 2012

Following the controversy generated by the new traffic laws introduced by the Lagos State government, Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has added her voice in support of the government’s decision.

In a press release issued on Monday, October 22, 2012, by Change Agents of Nigeria Network, a non-governmental group, she said the criticism that followed the ban is from individuals who she describes as selfish, inhuman and uninterested in the safety of Lagosians. According to Daramola, who is the group’s spokesperson, the new traffic law is a welcome development towards restructuring the transport system and must be given utmost support. An excerpt of the statement says ‘Those who are criticizing the LASG the implementing the new traffic laws should ask themselves why is it that it is only the okada riders and their dangerous, criminal and frustrating menace that are refusing to be regulated when the law is for all traffic operations in the state? Why is it that it is only the Okada riders that want to continue to flout the laws in the state, all in the name of survival, poverty and unemployment?‘ She said all Lagosians ‘must realise that the first responsibility of any responsible and ideal government is to provide security and safety for all its citizens. Few people, all because they want to survive, cannot continue to impose a jungle and frustrating life on all of us. Any government that fails to secure her people will always be a definition of failure.’ Daramola is the publicity secretary of Change Agents of Nigeria Network, founded by activist, Kayode Salako. Foluke made her first movie appearance in Fidelis Duker’s ‘Blood Brothers’ and has since featured in numerous movies.

Here is an extract of the release issued by the group:

‘BRF’s government is very right! Any okada man that wants to continue to frustrate and kill Lagosians is evil and deserves to lose his own economic life too. It is constantly in the bible that ‘And ye shall obey the LAW and that LAW shall set you free!’ Any okada man that wants to continue to break the Lagos traffic law must GO away from Lagos or find something else to do… It is very unfair that the Lagos State government, like some states in Nigeria, cannot ban okada and yet, cannot REGULATE or RESTRICT their operations. We are the ones asking for an ideal, safe, sanitised and peaceful Lagos. Some of us are still the ones encouraging Okada and Danfo menace to continue to frustrate and destroy our socio-economic life everyday in Lagos. This is an aberration!…The disadvantages of Okada menace is far more apparent and weightier than its much acclaimed advantages!…The LASG is very right! Let the implementation of the traffic laws continue!

Source: http://thenetng.com/2012/10/foluke-daramola-supports-fashola-on-okada-ban/

Na wa o...this horus guy is one of the paid agents of the govt ba? to influence public discourse in support of the ban init?

The same way they have paid pple to suppress the anger of Lagosians towards the ban...a newspaper i am a columnist for even refused to publish my article against the ban cos they 'supported' the Law...government propagandist...horus or watewver name u re sniffs aroung the web looking for materials supporting the ban and pastes it here ...u know what goes around comes around...and so wat the f.uck if daramola or watever group seekin government favour supports him? is it today that groups do dat only to get some form of favor from the powers that be? shameless apologists!

only in Nigeria does the few 'priviledged' pple try to force policies down the throat of the majority...for your 411 tho...this will fail..Fashola doesnt even have the right to ban okada operations in a federal highway in the first place...just await the outcome of the court action....


you may recall that thats not the first time fashola wud be runnig foul of proper legal reasoning...last year the courts also ruled that the LASTMA had no right to impound cars...wait...just wait...we ll see y'all shamed @ d end...psycophants...i wonder how much y'all were paid!

^^
Thanks a lot bro. I couldn't have put it any better. It's very tragic how insensitive, thoughtless, selfish, and utterly arrogant many 'privileged' Nigerians are. I really can't say more about this issue. The masses would have to rise up and take their fate in their own hands.