The
Lagos State Government, on Monday, made exemptions to the motorcycle (okada)
and tricycle (keke) ban being enforced by security officers in the state.
The
state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho, told Punch
that dispatch riders, courier companies, newspaper dispatching motorcycle, and
motorbike riders, were exempted from the ban.
Omotosho
explained that security agents also have discretionary powers in certain
instances.
He
said, “Every officer to enforce this law has discretionary powers. Aside from
the discretionary powers, courier companies, dispatch riders, newspaper
dispatching motorcycles, and motorbikes are exempted from the ban and they must
be well kitted. You wear your helmet, you don’t carry passengers and you have
your box behind you to show you are a dispatch rider.”
When
asked if the ban would also affect police officers, who ride Okada in the
state, he told Punch, “The police ride Okada, but you see that they are well
kitted. You will even know that these are police motorcycles. And the officers
enforcing the law know who to exempt. There may have been mistakes in the past
two days, but such mistakes have been addressed and those arrested released
with apologies.”
Despite
the protests in the state, the commissioner said the government did not plan to
review the ban.
Omotosho
thanked residents who had borne the pains of the enforcement, saying the
government had the interest of Lagosians at heart.
- Punch
Please from cele express, are okada and Keke allowed to operate?
ReplyDeletePlease from cele express to ikotun, are okada and Keke allowed to operate?
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