All four unions of Okada riders and Tricycles (
Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, All Nigerians Autobike Commercial Owners and Workers Association and Okada Riders Welfare Association) have called on their members to stay off the street from 7am to 10am tomorrow Monday, 02 April 2012 to enable them attend a court session. Chairman of the four associat
ions said the action was necessary to demonstrate support and solidarity in court following the suit filed on their behalf against the Lagos State Government over the banning of Okada from operating within the Ikeja Business District.
Chei, lag pple will suffer oo.
ReplyDeletelinda i think you owe your readers ogo husband side of the story since you posted the first side. i know the couple and know that the first was full of lies .........http://www.ogorip.net/blog.php
ReplyDeleteI am, the no Sender.
DeleteI agree. Had also posted demanding the same last week. It's only fair that Linda balances the story.
But then since you've posted the link and by graciously posting this on your behalf, one can say that perhaps Linda's balancing the story. In anycase, Linda do the just thing.
Who is to tell which side of the story is true? Ogo is dead. Kevin has not spoken. Third parties with vested interests wrote both accounts. As the second account called the first fiction and fabrication, so the first or even a third account emerge debunking the second account.
DeleteI suggest you Kevin supporters let this matter rest. Do the best you can for the kids.
Anty May
http://www.ogorip.net/blog.php
ReplyDeleteI hope this will not make Lagos state government barn them permanently in other areas in Lagos.
ReplyDeleteThat awkward moment when going on strike or staging a protest becomes the only way out...guess dialogue died a long time ago...LUMY
ReplyDeleteGood Riddance! I hope their strike lasts for eternity! Sanity will be restored in Lagos if they stopped working all together!!!
ReplyDeleteYes o!!!
DeleteThat is very good ----- at least i'd enjoying driving me new car without fear of an okada driver getting in between or struggling the lane with me . But na hunger go finish some of them within those hours , especially those abokis.
ReplyDeleteTreking mood activated
ReplyDeleteSolidarity makes a nation strong. Keep it up and doing, but is this strike?
ReplyDeleteWell, people in those area has some serious treking to do.
ReplyDeleteMtscheeeeeeeeeew!
ReplyDeleteThis is Nigeria for you where strike has become a natural phenomenon. I know one day too maybe wives will also go on strike if husbands can no longer meet their demands. Anyway everything happen for a purpose http://mazinovich.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteAbeg make dem go stay one place jo. Their wahala too much
ReplyDeleteEhen! So i can't ride my private okada today?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ogorip.net/blog.php
ReplyDeleteTHEY SHOULD GO TO HELL
ReplyDeleteThese ones in yaba r jus flying everywhere,them no join them strike o!make dem no chop ds morning abi?
ReplyDelete4 what reason will they band Okada rider
ReplyDeleteI hope for ur sake u didn't do d last jamb. The word is ban not band! Get a copy of brighter grammer and use it.
DeleteI wish the strike would be forever!
ReplyDeleteNot certain the strike will last, because most of these Okada riders relies on the income from the business for their Daily Living.
ReplyDeleteWhat Lagos State Government is trying to do is for their safety and security of the State any way.
Bros, u fall my hand. The word is rely, not relies or relles like u put there.
DeleteI know its easy to have typos but even what u were trying to write is a syntax error.
Although the Okada operations present a nuisance to the decency and traffic flow of any city, but did the Lagos State Govt think through their decision thoroughly?
ReplyDelete1. Do they have alternatives to fill the gap if the Okada riders were really to cease operating?
2. Is there any plan for re-training the now to be jobless operators to acquire other skills that could help them get employed in other sectors, e.g. small scale farming?
3. Is there any temporary economic aid that can be given to these people even if for 3-4 months, to enable them transit to other useful economic activities?.
These are the kind of measures a government need to have in place before embarking on any such bans on any economic activities of its citizens, otherwise you will just be churning out more criminals to the already unsafe country! A country that has no job for its growing population should have no business destroying peoples initiative. Okada riding is a lawful business and the riders have rights under the constitution to operate and to move about as they choose. So also, the passengers have the right to decide on the means of transportation to join. The CP of Lagos should concentrate on his job under the Police Act and the Constitution. Crime is growing by day; and he should do something about it. If the CP hate Okada riders this much, I appeal to him to tell the Police Affair Ministry to direct half of its 2012 allocation on job creation and see whether the number of Okada riders in Lagos will not come down.
QF
ReplyDeleteits a gud developmnt cos dey r vry rough...abj strts r safer wtout dm....but d govt shud set dm up in oda field b4 implemntin it, if dey'l bcom robbers...nd trust me datds worse. Shallom 2y'al
I am, the no Sender.
DeleteAre you stammer writing?
ehn.....they should go on strike nah... who'll get hungry at the end of the day.....awon ole oshi...shey nah all of them wan attend court session ni...they cannot nominate representatives????
ReplyDeleteAbeg mke try increas d strike to a year am tired of okada
ReplyDeleteThankGod!!.....please can they strike in vi/lekki axis as well,those okada riders are maniacs!
ReplyDeleteWho cares, they should be off the road totally.
ReplyDeleteThey should go on strike forever. I can't stand them with their reckless driving. There will be more sanity on the roads without the goats driving towards on coming traffic. They really get on my nerves!
ReplyDeleteLet them stay away forever.Okada is not for transportation.
ReplyDeleteso they have a chairman? yeye man.....where has he been all along that they have been using byke to rob people?
ReplyDeletewho cares let them ban the bastards forever, they cause more harm than good please.Tinubu and his band of thieves only use them during election to cause mayhem.
ReplyDeleteAs for the ogo story Linda bia over to you.
The worst okada rider are those one from the north. They are so daft.... Imagine, one appeared from nowhere, i pressed my horn and he completely ignored me, till he hit my new car! when i asked him some questions, he kept staring at me. His other okada friend now informed me that he was DEAF and DUMB!!! I nearly passed out. Those are the crop of okada riders we have on our streets
ReplyDeleteSeriously who cares. These okada riders are mean. When they are wrong they gang up and either burn someone's car or beat of the driver. For crying out loud. We were healthier before they came.
ReplyDeleteAll of you way de claim alternatives, wetin una de do wen okada no de
ReplyDeleteBecause say all of una get motor..dat na why una deyt stand there deyt yarn okpaks. Ȋ̝̊ pray make betta hold up catch una ;.. Like those ones wey dey ikotun-cele ijesha route. Maybe after spending an hour under that kind traffic una head go finally correct.
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