Skating involves using roller blades or skateboards to move or glide around.

Roller-blading and skateboarding have become very familiar sights in major cities in Nigeria.

Although skating is not acknowledged as a sport by the necessary sports bodies in Nigeria, all that notwithstanding, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Enugu as well as Abuja now have a growing population of youth engaging in this risky sport.

In Abuja, the well-maintained tarred roads attract skaters at weekends. These skaters can be noticed on some roads in the federal capital, converging at Jabi Lake.

However, in Lagos state, the activities of skaters have become a menace on the roads.





Indeed, skating is a risky sport. However, skating in an unorganized environment makes it even riskier – and Lagos is notorious for its disorganize setup and traffic scenarios.

The presence of skaters on the road – engaging in risky maneuvers – is not helped by the fact that there are no skating parks in Lagos. Although, the National Stadium, Surulere, offers a makeshift skating arena.

On the streets and highways, it is typical to see skaters holding on to buses or commercial tricycles (Keke NAPEP), etc.

These are dangerous tactics because when the speed of the vehicle becomes very high, the skater might not be able to control their own movement.

Even more worrisome is that these skaters do not put on protective gears to protect them in the event of an accident. Some of these protective gears include a helmet, elbow pads, wrist guards, knee pads, etc.

Furthermore, any fatality resulting from a skater holding on to a vehicle would most likely be blamed on the driver, as ignorance of the presence of the skater might not be acceptable by the authorities.




During the administration of Governor Fashola, a ban on skating activities on the roads in Lagos was effected.

According to Fashola, “They cannot skate on the highways. It is a violation of the traffic law 2010. I implore all parents to call their children and their wards to order because any child found skating on the highway will be arrested and will be brought to justice. It must stop today. Skating on the highways has to stop now. The danger is too much and it is the responsibility of the government to safe lives,”.

On their part, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) discourages skating on the roads.

Currently, no regulations apply specifically to skaters.




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Hit Like if you see them as a menace or hit share if u feel otherwise

I think we should start killing them at sight before it turns into something else.

Nigeria get road?

Anytime i see them on lekki epe i wish they slip so i can climb them. Fools

Who die now, them go say drivers wicked. All these mumu skaters. Make them go skate for Sambisa forest road

OgogoroFreak:
I think we should start killing them at sight before it turns into something else.

Murderer spotted.

I love skating but they must have a death wish if they’re doing it in Lagos of all places, I’m scared to drive in Lagos, let alone skate

Nah so Africa thing dey be.....

These are kids having fun

Must Nigerians bìtch about everything?

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Soon, SARS officials will search the skates for drugs or Yahoo pin number. Awon eleri ibu.

good for delivery of smoke tings for bigger boys

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Real menace they are...

Especially along Lekki Epe expressway..

Two wheels competing with four wheels? No helmet as well?
Let them continue with their foolishness. Life after a traumatic brain injury is easy.

Those guys don't value their life

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This is what happens when you get rid of a specie's natural predators.

Okada riders would have solved this problem.

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Joromi12:
Anytime i see them on lekki epe i wish they slip so i can climb them. Fools

OgogoroFreak:
I think we should start killing them at sight before it turns into something else.

PSYCHOS

Safety first. There is really not bad in skateboarding

so na news b dis one so

EmekaBlue:
Hit Like if you see them as a menace or hit share if u feel otherwise

na food

That shitt scare the hell outta me

LiveByNight:
These are kids having fun

Must Nigerians bìtch about everything?

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Yes, kids abroad use it and catch so much fun with it

The good thing about abroad is that they have nice road for it and their motorists will hardly be on the same lane with skaters

It is not the same here. where we don't have good roads for motorists much less skaters

... So, it is a menace and danger to them

ajebuter:


Yes, kids abroad use it have catch so much fun with it

The good thing about abroad is that they have nice road for it and their motorists will hardly be on the same lane with skaters

It is not the same here. where we don't have good roads for motorists much less skaters

... So, it is a menace and danger to them

The active word there is to them not you so why have so much head ache over this ?

Price of Neocolonialism

LiveByNight:


The active word there is to them not you so why have so much head ache over this ?

No I don't have headache over it

Afterall, they are not my sons and if that is what you desire is for boys to ' catch fun' with skates, who am I to complain?