Opinion: Okada ban will not solve Sanwo-Olu’s problem
Beginning from last Saturday, Lagos State placed a ban on commercial motorcycles and tricycles in 15 local government areas. The development has further impeded movement around Lagos, a city already plagued with some of the worst traffic gridlock in the world. With the perennial issues of congestion and mobility, Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu faces considerable problems in the administration of Lagos State. He has been throwing up solutions, but none appears to stick.
According to government officials, the ban was necessary because those vehicles pose security risks to city residents, and their activities drive up the rate of vehicular accidents. It is possible that was indeed the motive, but I am not convinced that that is all there is to the ban. Just last year, an All Progressives Congress stalwart, Joe Igbokwe, generated some controversy where he stated, “Instead of partnering government on the BRT, you invested 5.
Since Saturday, Lagosians who have previously relied on the services of these vehicles have resorted to walking miles and miles to get to various destinations. That kind of activity is neither a pleasant nor productive task. In an already disorganised city like Lagos, where life is already typified by the stress of access, to be stranded is another level of needless hassles.
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