Okada Ban in Niger State Takes Effect on the 2nd of January

The Chief Servant of Niger State Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has said the enforcement of the traffic law banning the operations of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada would commence in Minna, the state capital on 2nd of January, 2014.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Danladi Ndayebo said in a statement on Sunday that adequate arrangements have been made to cushion the effect of the ban.

The statement said the Ministry of Transportation has now taken full delivery of 1000 units of Mahindra Tricycles (KEKEN TALBA) in addition to 8 units of 18-seater buses and 12 units of 100 capacity Bust Rapid Transport (BRT) buses that have already been put on the roads to ease transportation problems in the state capital.

Governor Aliyu said the traffic law has come to stay and would be enforced strictly beginning from the first week of next year.The statement dismissed concerns that motorcycle operators would be put out of job as a consequence of the ban, saying that the newly purchased tricycles would be distributed to Okada operators through the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN).

Danladi Ndayebo
Chief Press Secretary
December 8, 2013