OKADA BAN CANNOT WAIT
For certain
reasons, I decided not to comment on
this issue but for the recent news on Peace Fm (11th August
2012), saying two motor riders were killed instantly in an accident in Tema,
the previous Monday and Wednesday. The riders were both said to be in their
twenties and were without helmets or licences.
It is good news that parliament has finally passed the bill for the ban of okada on our roads. Reports given by the police on the deaths as a result of accidents involving the okada bikes are frightening............
1 comment:
"Okada Ban Cannot Wait" makes an interesting reading. Lessons drawn from the Lagos experience teach us that no responsible government will look the other way and allow the so called Okada business to thrive.
After so much opposition, the LASG has succeeded in coming out with a ban on Okada, thus ridding the state and its people of the menace that the monster had caused over the years.
It is the same excuse everywhere....Okada is a means to allowing the unemployed to make some "small" living. The question then is....at what cost? I love the analogy of the armed robber. Not only that....in Lagos, the Okada has been used for a number of robbery operations.
I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE BAN ON OKADA BUSINESS. There are so many other self-employment ventures that the youth can engage in. - Steve Bello-Giwa
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