Nigerians React To As Lagos State Government Bans Okada, Napep

On Monday, January 27, 2020, the Lagos State Government announced a ban in the activities of commercial motorcycles and tricycles (Keke Napep) in some Local Government Areas

The local government arears include Apapa, Lagos Mainland, Surulere, Eti Osa, Lagos Island, Ikeja effective from February 1, 2020.

This also affects Gokada, Oride and other ride hailing companies.

While some Nigerians have hailed the Babajide Sanwo-olu led government for the ban on commercial motorcycles, others have described move as poorly thought out considering the fact that the current administration has done very little to address the city’s decade-long traffic congestion problem.

Here are some reactions from Nigerians on Twitter below:-