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Rivers Government Vows to Jail
Keke Operators
Operators of the
ubiquitous commercial motorcycle taxis popularly known as Okada,
and those of the tricycle known as Keke Napep within the Greater
Port Harcourt City, a mega-city project of the Chibuike Amaechi
administration, now risk being thrown into jail by the Rivers
State Government.
Government in a latest
move aimed at bringing sanity on the roads and streets of the
capital city, has restricted their operation to the rural
areas.
The state government has
accordingly directed the Ministry of Transport to implement the
law banning the use of motorcycle popularly and tricycle in Port
Harcourt, Obio/Akpor and its environs
It was gathered that the
directive to enforce the ban was a resolution reached at the
first Inter-Governmental meeting of the state under Governor
Chibuike Amaechi’s second tenure in office.
The Commissioner for
Information and Communication, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, said the
decision followed cases of some individuals operating bikes that
have been banned in the state.
She explained that the
forum, which was presided over by the governor of the state,
consequently ordered the Ministry of Transport to strictly
enforce the ban immediately in performance of its duties.
The commissioner said
the state government appreciates the transport challenges
prevalent in the state but emphasized that the security and
health challenges posed by the operations of these mode of
transportation are dangerously more.
Mrs Semenitari therefore
appealed to the operators of motor bikes in the state to
restrict themselves to the rural communities or risk impoundment
and prosecution.
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