Dep Gov, Hamzat: Why Okada, keke Ban Will Never Be Reversed

The Lagos State Executive has mentioned that the ban on industrial bikes (okada) and tricycles (keke) in Lagos city will not be reversed.

Deputy Gov. Obafemi Hamzat, in a commentary on Friday, stated this was once for the reason that executive was once decided to cut back injuries and vices related.

Hamzat famous that the ban would advertise safety of lives and that the verdict was once taken after comparing the velocity of crime and injuries recorded.

He stated: “It’s not to punish anyone or limit folks from doing positive jobs; the truth is that individuals are demise, safety of our kids is being compromised, and the federal government will have to act.

“What this management is doing is simply to implement the legislation that the Area of Meeting handed which will have to had been vigorously scrutinised.

“The ban is in keeping with the Lagos State Delivery Reform Legislation of 2012. The legislation that has been in lifestyles since 2012.

“The legislation says that industrial bikes and tricycles are restrained from plying main highways, positive roads and all bridges,” he stated.

“The legislation was once revisited because of the dreaded figures of deadly injuries within the state as towards the claims that the ban was once focused at somebody or crew.

“We have now 27 basic hospitals in Lagos and with reference to 3,000 non-public hospitals.

“The use of the statistics from the overall hospitals by myself, a median of 28 deaths associated with okada are recorded per month. It’s due to this fact essential for us as a central authority to behave.”

Hamzat famous that stated bikes and tricycles have been being utilized by some unpatriotic voters as gear for crime comparable to robbery and drug trafficking.

He stated that the modes of transportation have been changing into avenues to devote crimes and the federal government would now not wait till main failures would occur sooner than appearing.

“We get calls thru our emergency keep watch over centres as early as 6:00a.m. from folks going to paintings who’re being robbed and stressed thru bikes,” the deputy governor added.