LAGOS OKADA BAN: Physically Challenged Join Protest March To Government House
Hundreds of physically challenged persons on Friday joined motorcycle and Keke riders who defied the odds by staging a peaceful protest march to the Lagos state government house.
The protest follows a recent ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada and tricycles also known as Keke operators by the Lagos State government.
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The ban had left the operators jobless, while residents now have to trek or use donkeys as alternative means of transportation in the commercial hub of the country.
The protest was staged Friday as the residents allege that the move has deprived them of their means of livelihoods and mobility.
The physical challenged carried banners with the caption: ‘Reverse keke ban; #Inclusive Lagos. #Disability not a crime.”
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The protesters appealed to the state government to reverse their decision so that the state’s economy will remain inclusive.
Some of the protester said they were responding to Lagos State Governor, Jide Sanwo- Olu’s alleged advise to trek their troubles away, as they would trek “all the way to the Sanwo-Olu’s office.
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Meanwhile, Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday 4 February, 2020 declared that the ban on Okada and Keke Napep in the state would not be reversed, adding that the government had added to its existing shuttles ‘BRT busses’ and over 60 boats to its water ways.
Sanwo-Olu explained that the ban was due to security and safety concerns, hence it will not relent on its decision.
