The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun had told commercial motorcyclists, known as Okada riders, to stop plying the highways henceforth.
Abiodun said this must stop on account of the characteristic risk it presented, not exclusively to them, yet in addition to their passengers.
The Governor made this known while introducing the Ogun State Transport Master Plan Committee in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday.
As per him, commercial motorcyclists are not meant to ply the highway, adding that the purpose of allowing them to operate in Ogun was to serve as a means of moving people from the interior parts of the town to the major roads.
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Abiodun expressed regrets that Okada riders are now plying the expressways, particularly the Lagos-Ibadan street, an advancement he depicted as self-destructive and dangerous to the two riders and travelers.
“They (okada riders) were not meant to ply the major roads. Worse still, they were not meant to ply highways. Today, you see okada on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. I think that must stop,” Abiodun emphasised.
In his assignment to members of the Committee led by the State Commissioner for Transportation, Engr Gbenga Dairo, Abiodun said, in the meantime, you need to come up with a decision on Okadas and how to stop them from plying the highways.
We must not see Okadas on Lagos-Ibadan expressway because this is completely unacceptable. That road was not built for Okadas.”
He added that his administration had no intention of taking away people’s sources of livelihood but “we want to ensure that things are better organised.”
