The ban on the use of commercial motorcycles (Okada) within the Jos metropolis is to begin today, the Plateau State Government and security agencies announced in a joint press briefing in Jos yesterday.

The announcement came against a decision by the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMRAN) not to advise its members to obey the ban.

“The Plateau State Government wishes to announce that with effect from June 12, 2012, commercial motorcycles are banned from operating within the Jos Greater Master Plan,” the state Commissioner for Information, Abraham Yiljap, said during the joint briefing at the state Police Command in Jos.

hassymo5: For me is a welcome idea, but the bannin should not involve civil servants,the CIVIL SERVANTS can be identify by their identity card on the road, very soon alot of workers will be force to come to the office late which can result to query and even sack!!!

for those living in jos and bukuru, what is your take on the issue of bannin, especially civil servants with bike cos is not going to be easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Abagworo: I never knew people are still using Okada till this day. FG should ban it nationwide ASAP.

prince FAD:
Try to read in between the lines.It is only COMMERCIAL motorcycles that was banned.Someone with his private motocycle is free to ride his without any molestation.

Abagworo: I never knew people are still using Okada till this day. FG should ban it nationwide ASAP.

Abagworo: I never knew people are still using Okada till this day. FG should ban it nationwide ASAP.

ebere1712: Ban keke na pep. It is an eyesore. Leave okada alone.

Nickydrake: For reasons unrelated to the peculiar situation obtainable in jos, i rarely patronise commercial motorcyclists. However, i'm not so sure the ban's such a good thing.

For one, while taxi fares are usually less expensive, the bikes are more readily available. Most students will tell you what a hard time they have walking from Abuja hostel to Naraguta gate when taxicabs are scarce, simply because the school barred bikes from coming into hostel premises.
Commercial motorcyclists, wherever they exist, are typically ubiquitous. Not to mention their size which helps them slip through hold ups. Very handy when you ain't got energy to burn, or when time is of the essence.

Motorcyclists are also about as much of a security risk as taxi drivers. In fact,
some of my friends argue that while it would be considerably easy to reach over and snap the neck of a would-be cutthroat motorcyclist, one would be well nigh cooked if trapped in a locked taxi with a murderous driver and conspiring passengers. Hehehe

Besides, hasn't this move been made once before? Why did it end in clumsy failure then? Is there a chance that those red-eyed ogogoro-guzzling malo mercenaries will meekly haul their butts to Chad to set up subsistent livestock farms with the money they've saved riding iron horses? I think not. After all, what have they got scimitars taped to the underside of their fuel tanks for?


Like the UJ admin, the plateau state government appears to have a knack for taking ill-advised decisions that achieve little more than introducing a new misery to an already disagreeable state of affairs.

achi4u: if u see hw they're riding this tortise causing unecesseary accident plus its priceses_____about 350k and above

Abagworo: I never knew people are still using Okada till this day. FG should ban it nationwide ASAP.

pawesome: Am gonna say dis...dis is trouble plateau state govt is lookin 4....sha,lemme look 4 were to travel to..  aint gonna get caught  in dis mess again..n by d way,y ban bike?..d buses n taxi's.dt d governor brought re nt much...even wit dem,transportatn cost is still high n nt all d areas re accesible wit d keke..we all knw jos 4 its rocky nature dts y bikes re used...4 dose f us dt stay in jos,tell me,hw can a keke enter gwarandok village?...he shuld hv at least reapiard all dese roads b4 all dese...nw if am to close frm church n wnt to go hum,  hv to treak cz dere is no taxi goin to my area...  am jst goin to say 1 tin,dis guy is out 4 d muslims,even though he is nt cz de re d majority okada ridera apart frm dt,dey do sell bikes also...all dese rubish dt he is doin will definatly turn to sumtin else within d week...let's wait n c wich security man will wnt to enta nassarawa area or angwan rukuba n say dt he wnts to stop okada...dt will b d strtin f anoda crisis...lik  said,am outa dis town by tomowo!!!!!!!