While
speaking on Tuesday at the celebration of the national day of
Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders
Association, the Minister of Transportation, opened up on the report of
FG's plan on ban of Okada.
Rotimi Amaechi
Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that
motorcycles and tricycles should not be banned nationwide because doing
so would affect the nation’s economy negatively.
Amaechi said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the celebration of the
national day of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners,
Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN).
The minister advised state governments not to ban commercial
cyclists but train them to reduce their recklessness on the road and
ensure strict compliance with rules and regulations.
“I don’t think we should ban Okada because if we do, it will
affect the economy; they only need to be trained to obey rules and
regulations. The issue of security, safety and regulation should be
dealt with at the state level; state governments should train Okada
riders,’’ Amaechi said.
He urged the operators avoid recklessness and obey traffic rules and regulations in order to reduce the rate of accidents.
According to him, commercial cyclists play vital roles in the
transportation sector, especially in transporting agricultural produce
where roads are not easily accessible.
“We know you play a vital role in the economy: Not all buses,
taxis can access our roads for agricultural purposes; a lot of Nigerians
depend on you because your services are cheap.
“The economy cannot only grow through white collar jobs;
everybody doesn’t need to depend on government and what you have done is
to be self-employed to feed yourselves,’’ the minister said.
Shehu Babangida, National President of ACOMORAN, said that the day
was an annual event designed to celebrate the informal sector in
Nigeria.
He said the association’s 12 million membership had massively
reduced the rate of unemployment and criminality in the country by
engaging vulnerable youths.
The ACOMORAN president thanked the minister and former Zamfara
governor, Senator Sani Yerima, as well as other dignitaries, for gracing
the occasion.
-NAN
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