Ogun State Government said on Wednesday that its doors were not opened to receive migrant Okada riders, whose operations were recently restricted by the Lagos State Government.

The Chairman, Caretaker Committee on Transportation, Mr. Femi Adeniyi, had on Monday assured the motorcyclists, who were leaving Lagos for Ogun, following the ban slammed on them, of adequate accommodation, provided they would be law- abiding.

But less than 48 hours after the assurance, the government reversed itself, saying it needed only genuine investors and not Okada riders.

A statement by the Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Remmy Hazzan, said nobody has been authorised to speak on the issue on the government’s behalf.

Hazzan noted that Okada operation is replete with many challenges, including that of security, which is the reason their activities have either been totally banned or restricted in many parts of the country.

He said Ogun State does not have the capacity to cope with the menace and security challenges the influx of the Okada operators from Lagos and any other neighbouring state will bring.

Hazzan said that the use of motorcycles for commercial transportation is not in the schedule of the National Transportation policy, adding that the Ogun State Government is already looking into the issue with a view to coming out with a clear policy direction.

nairavsdollars:
rubbish thing to say. Regulate them and see how your economy improves

gaetano:


It's not everything they will say openly. There's a planned Jihad going on, foot soldiers have penetrated certain places hiding as Okada riders. The timing of the ban has caused a lot of inconviniences for everyone because of the untimely nature, gokada was also affected. Government will not tell you everything so as not to cause panic but this is a systematic attempt to send northerners back to their domain.

nairavsdollars:
rubbish thing to say. Regulate them and see how your economy improves

gaetano:


It's not everything they will say openly. There's a planned Jihad going on, foot soldiers have penetrated certain places hiding as Okada riders. The timing of the ban has caused a lot of inconviniences for everyone because of the untimely nature, gokada was also affected. Government will not tell you everything so as not to cause panic but this is a systematic attempt to send northerners back to their domain.

gaetano:


It's not everything they will say openly. There's a planned Jihad going on, foot soldiers have penetrated certain places hiding as Okada riders. The timing of the ban has caused a lot of inconviniences for everyone because of the untimely nature, gokada was also affected. Government will not tell you everything so as not to cause panic but this is a systematic attempt to send northerners back to their domain.

gaetano:


It's not everything they will say openly. There's a planned Jihad going on, foot soldiers have penetrated certain places hiding as Okada riders. The timing of the ban has caused a lot of inconviniences for everyone because of the untimely nature, gokada was also affected. Government will not tell you everything so as not to cause panic but this is a systematic attempt to send northerners back to their domain.

ojun50:
Government with out vision employing visionless commisssionals

berbs:

When will they start sending "mai ruwa", "mai shai", those ones soaking indomie, the watermelon&carrot sellers and those manning the gates back to the North?