WE NOW STRUGGLE FOR OUR SURVIVAL - OKADA OPERATORS

The Chairman of the All Nigerian Autobike Commercial Owners and Workers Association (ANACOWA), Mr. Aliyu Wamba, has described the economic fallout of the ban on the operations of commercial motorcycle, popularly called Okada, on some roads in Lagos State as “terrible.”
According to him, the policy had started to take a heavy toll on the operators. Wamba accused the government of going ahead to enforce the law after it was taken to court over the legislation. He said, “We are now in a very terrible condition, as the law has made us economically incapacitated. We now struggle for our survival and our families are in a very sorry state. The situation is becoming pathetic.
“What happens now is that once a rider is intercepted, the motorcycle is impounded and taken to the crushing yard. Once the motorcycle is impounded, it is billed for crushing without any trial.