Throwback: Hear what Sanwo Olu said about bikes in 2019

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Throwback: Hear what Sanwo Olu said about bikes in 2019

Nigerian politicians are known to say one thing one minute and do another thing the next minute. The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo Olu has prove this once again.

A throwback video of the governor promising to regulate instead of out-rightly banning okada is is making the rounds on social media.

In the video which was from October 2019, the governor promised to regulate the activities of bike operators and have them all registered so they could be easier to identify.

He said:

“To also solve the traffic issue of Lagos is also to talk about the okada issue; okada is everywhere, anywhere you see. Part of the things that we are going to be doing is not to leave anybody behind. People are currently using a system that is working for them,” he said.

“You see some okada riders that are branded, that use smart ways to pay when you finish the journey. We are trying to harmonise all of them and be able to come up with a regulation system where we can account for every okada rider.

“We will know who they are, we can manage them. In fact, the solutions that some of them are bringing, they can disenable those okadas remotely. That is where we are planning to get to but it is also something that we need to think through very well and be sure that nobody is disenfranchised.

“As much as possible, give everyone opportunity to play and play well. I’m hoping that once we do all of this, the traffic will be reduced significantly.”

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