*AMORAN Boss charges Union members on professional conduct while discharging their duty*

The Ogun State Chairman of the Articulate Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (AMORAN), Otunba Nurudeen Aina Alowonle has called on the ticket sellers who are intermediaries between the commercial riders and the Union to employ a different approach while at work.

It is no gainsaying that apart from bad roads, reckless driving and non-compliance to traffic rules, another cause of road accidents for motorcycle riders is the inability of ticket sellers and commercial riders to engage in a civil manner.

The Chairman in an address delivered on Monday, urged the two concerned parties to map out a different means of transacting, which is devoid of hooliganism and capable of causing avoidable accidents. The Chairman explained that the rate at which accidents are caused through misunderstanding between the ticket sellers and commercial riders is becoming worrisome.

"First and foremost, let me commend the riders on how well they have heeded to the safety rules of COVID-19 as announced by health and government authorities. In the past weeks, we have been able to record stellar increase in the adherence to the COVID-19 safety measures.

However, another thing which has attracted the Union's attention is the questionable approach of our ticket sellers in hailing commercial riders to purchase their daily tickets. Truth be told, the whole of this blame can not be apportioned to our ticket sellers alone as there are good numbers of commercial riders who find ways of avoiding the purchase of tickets. The riders must know for a fact that the daily ticket is the guarantee of free access to operate.

I equally want to implore our ticket sellers to devise another means of mandating the riders to purchase their daily tickets other than the usually rough and absurd manner which poses danger to both the rider and the passenger", Alowonle said.


Finally, Otunba Aina charged the riders to continue adhering strictly to the COVID-19 safety measures and avoid overspeeding. He also enjoined them to obey traffic rules as they embark on their daily activity while praying that no evil shall befall them as they set out in search of their daily meals.