About 14million Nigerians Will Be Jobless, Join Criminals If Buhari Government Bans Motorcycles – Association

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The National Commercial Motorcycle and Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria has faulted the federal government’s plan to ban operation of commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada riding across the country.

 

Speaking on a programme on Monday on Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), the President of the association, Usman Gwoza, said that if the Federal Government goes ahead to enforce the nationwide ban on commercial motorcycles, it will render millions of riders jobless and poor.

 

According to Gwoza, the high unemployment rate in the country made many go into the business.

 

Gwoza further noted that many members of the National Assembly channelled a large portion of their constituency projects to empowering their constituents with motorcycles, thereby increasing the number of okada riders in the country.

 

He maintained that if gifting constituents with motorcycles amounted to empowerment, seizing these same motorcycles would be a form of dis-empowerment.

 

Gwoza further argued that banning Okada because of the activities of a few bandits would amount to throwing away the baby with the bath water.

 

According to the association’s president, the poverty rate is at an all-time high and Okada has become the saving grace for not just millions of riders but their families and dependents.

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