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Lagos is one of the largest megacity in the world and it shouldn't lag behind the others of its status.the fact that some things are being allowed doesn't make them right and if at any point in time government decides to change her course of policy,then no problem with that.

How safe are does tricycle at the median of the highways where trucks without brakes pass everyday ? It's the duty of a responsible government to implement laws including safety and environmental policies for the greater percentage of the population.Government will never get things done if it uses sentiment as its watch-word !

nd aw many trucks or tankers pases tru V.I per day. U kip sayin he has provide altanatives,ar d drivers of d banned okada nd tricycle d one employed to drive BRT. In every war or amendment there wil always b dos dat gain nd colateral damage bt bros wen colateral is more dan d gain u av watch ur bk. D numba of dos rendared unemployed is high,dont blame dem if find hurtin people as d altanative means of survival. Fash is providin altanative 4 pasengas nd nt drivas.

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Lagos is one of the largest megacity in the world and it shouldn't lag behind the others of its status.the fact that some things are being allowed doesn't make them right and if at any point in time government decides to change her course of policy,then no problem with that.

How safe are does tricycle at the median of the highways where trucks without brakes pass everyday ? It's the duty of a responsible government to implement laws including safety and environmental policies for the greater percentage of the population.Government will never get things done if it uses sentiment as its watch-word !

nd aw many trucks or tankers pases tru V.I per day. U kip sayin he has provide altanatives,ar d drivers of d banned okada nd tricycle d one employed to drive BRT. In every war or amendment there wil always b dos dat gain nd colateral damage bt bros wen colateral is more dan d gain u av watch ur bk. D numba of dos rendared unemployed is high,dont blame dem if find hurtin people as d altanative means of survival. Fash is providin altanative 4 pasengas nd nt drivas.

Very soon , dis governor go ban private car owner....na only BRT go dey operate

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Dude use your brain. . .do cars park in the median of a road like the tricycle above ?

Dude use your brain....did he ban them for parking in the median of the road or for being dangerous to ride in on highways?
If it's for parking then the solution is very simple: provide alternative parking space for them.

elvis07: when we watch hollywood movies, we so much admire D̶̲̥̅̊ streets we see or even when we travel out of dis coountry to places like berlin, paris, barcelona and a host of oda cities out der in usa nd europe. Now some1 is working so hard to bring sanity into africas most popular nd fastest growwing city(lasgid) yet pple re still complaining. If LASG said D̶̲̥̅̊ tricyle should nt ply D̶̲̥̅̊ major highways in D̶̲̥̅̊ state I believe its for D̶̲̥̅̊ safety of its citizens, dat does nt mean they will not b seen in D̶̲̥̅̊ streets, governance should never be run @ D̶̲̥̅̊ alter of sentiment. Let's view thingss from D̶̲̥̅̊ positive angle b4 we start to criticize it

You must be a dimwit! All those cities you mentioned have a well developed and fully functional mass transit system; they have busses, trains and monorails that are fully functional and kept effective by the government. How many of such facilities has Lagos state govt provided before banning everything that is not a car in Lagos?

Duke_Nija: The number one priority of a GOOD Government is to make the lives of the people easier, better and more productive. This is where I fault Gov Fashola. He has good intentions alright, but he's gone too too far in his mechanisms. You can't turn a city to a five star hotel when the common man cannot have access to the basic things of live conveniently and at will.
Nigeria is a third world country. 70% of her people are poor. 13 million children are out of school. 50% live on less than a dollar per person a day. 80% provide their own water and 55% their own electricity. And the concern of a leader is to ban Okada, a major means of transportation for Lagosians, and now Tricycle the only substitute for Okada. It is wrong for us to compare ourselves with western countries with massive infrastructural, human and technological development when we don't even have a naija made phone.

Fashola has shifted his focus to the island. With massive infrastructural investments in a region that is by far more developed than its mainland counterpart. Lekki-Vi peninsula is the new London.
He has forgotten that it was the boys at Mushin that fought for him. The market women at IsoloEjigbo that carried his posters with enthusiasm. The Okada riders he has put of of job that rode with his motorcade during campaigns. He has forgotten the masses.

I can never support a government that enslaves the masses to serve the rich.

That is why I will never support a one man Party. I will never support APC!

Truer words were never spoken. Thank you

Duke_Nija: 50% live on less than a dollar per person a day.

Please stop quoting this fraudulent figure.

i agree totally!these tricycles should be used solely to ferry people who stop at major junctions into adjoining streets and neighbourhoods.i am in full support.

Interesting to see how the Philippinos are dealing with the keke issue.


Philippines gives green-light to electric tricycles
by Staff Writers
Manila (AFP) Dec 11, 2012



The Philippines is to roll out 100,000 electric tricycles in an effort to replace the petrol-powered ones that currently ply its cities, one of the project's financiers said Tuesday.

The "e-trikes" would provide an alternative to the gas-guzzling, smoke-belching motorised tricycles that now ferry Manila residents through narrow streets not served by buses, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said.

ADB energy specialist Sohail Hasnie said the lender hoped the e-trikes would eventually replace some of the estimated 3.5 million gas-powered motorcycles and tricycles already in use in the country.

"It will not stop at e-trike. It will expand horizontally to other transports like buses... and once that happens, nationwide, the country's consumption of oil will come down," he said in a video message.

The $500 million project received the green-light Tuesday but a launch date for the vehicles has not yet been set.

The e-trikes, powered by an electric motor with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, cost only $1.20 for a daily charge compared to the $6-8 in fuel a normal tricycle burns every day, the ADB said

There has been generally favourable reaction to a pilot project of 20 e-trikes that have been in service in one Manila district since last year, the bank said.

The ADB is lending the Philippines $300 million to acquire the vehicles.

The project will also get an $105 million in a soft loan and grant from the United Nations' Clean Technology Fund, which is administered by the ADB, the bank said. The Philippine government will provide $99 million.

The loans will also put up five solar charging stations so the e-trikes can be powered up without drawing on the electrical grid, the ADB said.

Other countries have also expressed interest in the e-trikes, said Hasnie.

The Philippines hopes to eventually become a centre for manufacturing these vehicles, he added.

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Philippines_gives_green-light_to_electric_tricycles_999.html

Jeez, didn't know such things still exist

EKO oni BAJE ooo

Fashola is working, Lagos is moving

.......but of course,it would be irresponsible of the govt to ignoore the transport deficiencies along the major highways.fashola should flood that city with buses that ply the major routes.he can afford to that.transportation appears to be a bigger deal in lagos than any other city.

elvis07: when we watch hollywood movies, we so much admire D̶̲̥̅̊ streets we see or even when we travel out of dis coountry to places like berlin, paris, barcelona and a host of oda cities out der in usa nd europe. Now some1 is working so hard to bring sanity into africas most popular nd fastest growwing city(lasgid) yet pple re still complaining. If LASG said D̶̲̥̅̊ tricyle should nt ply D̶̲̥̅̊ major highways in D̶̲̥̅̊ state I believe its for D̶̲̥̅̊ safety of its citizens, dat does nt mean they will not b seen in D̶̲̥̅̊ streets, governance should never be run @ D̶̲̥̅̊ alter of sentiment. Let's view thingss from D̶̲̥̅̊ positive angle b4 we start to criticize it

you spoke sense that is out of sense.I'm an elite who believes that the Lagos state govt should move in line with its already established global counterparts.but fashola's actions are way too far.first he bans okada,now keke.does he think he's porting from etisalat to mtn like saka.u don't carry out such actions without providing alternatives,most of the citied u mentioned don't use commercial motorcycles nor keke,but transportation isn't difficult or stressful.dre r cheap metro cabs,mass transits buses,track buses,rail system.but look at the lagos version,sanity on the road is not banning keke,even the likes of india makes use of them.presently,u either have a car or take the death traps called danfo buses.decisions made without the citizens welfare in mind is ridiculous.fashola has continued shifting his attention to island mainly while he forgets that the money made on the island is from the sweats of mainlanders.even the whole global adjutment dt they want in lagos,when foreigners come they r intrigued by okada,keke.its one of the factors that distinguishes Lagos.next tn is to ban all buses except brt which is of short supply.ferries,many r scared to cross the lagoon,buses r highly inconvenient now what,trek from ikoyi to vi.the ikeja version would be worse.

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Lagos is over-populated and it needs to be de-congested !

Exactly! Fashola just wants to de-congest lagos. Make it unbearable for people who have little or nothing to offer to turn Lagos into a world-class mega city so they can leave Lagos alone.
I just pray I will be among the people left in Lagos by the time they finish their de-congestion exercise!
Lol!
However fact remains that Lagos will forever remain a place for hustlers and go-getters. You just cannot take that spirit away from the average Lagosian and that is why Eko o ni baje o! Lol!

SLIDE waxie: u dnt get it either: it is not only the poor who voted him in. Some of the citizenz who voted him has been complaining abt the criminal tendencies of these okada riders, they needed to be protected too.

rubbish! Dats jez an excuse.wat of those rich that thief 4 d moni meant 4 d mass

Hezron Lorraine: you spoke sense that is out of sense.I'm an elite who believes that the Lagos state govt should move in line with its already established global counterparts.but fashola's actions are way too far.first he bans okada,now keke.does he think he's porting from etisalat to mtn like saka.u don't carry out such actions without providing alternatives,most of the citied u mentioned don't use commercial motorcycles nor keke,but transportation isn't difficult or stressful.dre r cheap metro cabs,mass transits buses,track buses,rail system.but look at the lagos version,sanity on the road is not banning keke,even the likes of india makes use of them.presently,u either have a car or take the death traps called danfo buses.decisions made without the citizens welfare in mind is ridiculous.fashola has continued shifting his attention to island mainly while he forgets that the money made on the island is from the sweats of mainlanders.even the whole global adjutment dt they want in lagos,when foreigners come they r intrigued by okada,keke.its one of the factors that distinguishes Lagos.next tn is to ban all buses except brt which is of short supply.ferries,many r scared to cross the lagoon,buses r highly inconvenient now what,trek from ikoyi to vi.the ikeja version would be worse.

You are very right. I wish Fash could see this comment.
However I believe their goal is to de-congest first, then provide these things later. Fash is a smart guy unlike our oga @ d top (I have been studying Lagos State politics for a while now) I believe he knows what he's doing

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There is nothing wrong with keke aka tricycle. Nothing wrong with it. Dudes gotta keep the income coming in. Hard to get a job nowadays. Whats a dude gotta do to survive. Fashola should be more merciful not everyone is rich or living in mansion.

OK they said that the keke is being used for criminal acts. What about when 12 armed robbers bring 2 cars to come rob bank? So is it ok to ban cars? Peoples wake up. Fashola does not like poor people and Christians very much.

Ma fi iya je arakeji re. Ika ko dara fun ilu. Fi eyi ko ogbon.

simpleseyi:


Are GRA Ikeja or Ikoyi roads also highways? Okada is cancelled, Keke Napep/Marwa is also banned, so should the operators go and form robbery gangs? PhD holders dey drive dangote trucks, Masters degree holders dey drive BRT, BSc dey ride Okada and Keke Napep, yet Fasola dey chase them up and down. Me, I don tire ooooo . I can never vote PDP but I doubt if I can vote this ACN either.

..... then vote for your family party!!!

What is wrong with Fashola sef. This one na another suffer him dey add to commuters.This country is getting more F**ked up by d day.

sheyie2007: See rubbish comments from stuupid people.. them born all of UNA for village ni? How many okada or keke napep do you see on this road

God go bless u o. Am not surprised though, cos i knw most of those commenting are not Lagos residents so they really dont knw what they are saying.
The fact dat they ban okada from operating in lagos doesnt really mean okada have been totally wiped out. In fact, there are places where their movement is not at all disturbed.

Pipsland78:
You must be a dimwit! All those cities you mentioned have a well developed and fully functional mass transit system; they have busses, trains and monorails that are fully functional and kept effective by the government. How many of such facilities has Lagos state govt provided before banning everything that is not a car in Lagos?

do the buses,trains and monorails enter into every street corner?people still trek in all those places.in reality,banning tricycles will make things hard in some areas.for those in VI,there will be plenty of trekking to do.then again,the tricycles didnt use to cover many routes.people still had to trek to etim inyang and co.those that consider the fashola administration as elitist have got it wrong.he's simply building a megacity.

Keke is an eyesore!

I know only OBJ could come out with that crap.

How much is a bycicle? Go get one for yourselves

Barthx:
just wait until your house or something you love is brought down all in the name of civilization, then you would understand what sacrifice truely means.

lol! Last i checked there is what we call "town planning". Build ur structures acording to future masterplans! If it even hapens i wil consider it as my share of sacrifice for my Nation

This is pure wickedness, keke napep is save and cannot be used for robbery. They should just tell us that they want to introduce another transportation system just to favour them greedy people.

sheyie2007: @bolded - Niggga, say "no homo"

lol bro! say not to homo sapien? Abi no to a-homo bitters?. #homosexuality

Damn! I've been so busy! I would have loved to participate in this thread. However, I'm going to give a summary.

I agree with the government's decision to limit the tricycles to the minor routes (that is, within districts). My only misgivings is the timing. They should have allowed all the alternatives to fully come on stream first.

Now to the alternatives: the government has provided alternative job opportunities for the keke and okada riders. It is also providing alternative means of transport. I don't know if I should just provide links to the other threads, or quote my posts from the other threads.

Is a good development, kudos fashola

I'm sure Ben Bruce would be happy. He has been attacking the Lagos State Government over this keke issue for the past 3 years. "How can you provide a 19th century solution in the 21st century? If the Lagos State Government believes that the auto-rickshaws are a viable transport solution, then the Lagos State Governor and Transport Commissioner should ride to work in auto-rickshaws".

What fashola should do is to ban agberos that were collecting money from buses not tricyle, i know he will soon ban yellow buses (danfo) from working.

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Lagos is one of the largest megacity in the world and it shouldn't lag behind the others of its status.the fact that some things are being allowed doesn't make them right and if at any point in time government decides to change her course of policy,then no problem with that.

How safe are does tricycle at the median of the highways where trucks without brakes pass everyday ? It's the duty of a responsible government to implement laws including safety and environmental policies for the greater percentage of the population.Government will never get things done if it uses sentiment as its watch-word !

But you forgot that it was the government, in the first place, that procured and introduced tricycle (keke napep) on our roads. They brought the contraption from India and encouraged the poor masses to patronize it. Now that same government is making it hard for them to use it as a means of livelihood. I used to hold Fashola in high esteem, but no more. He's more interested in the rich. Very unfortunate!

Check out this thread "The History of Public Transportation in Lagos"; you'll see some of the alternatives and similar policies by government over the years. Unfortunately I haven't finished it, but I think I might add one more chapter tonight.

https://www.nairaland.com/1218704/history-public-transportation-lagos