Commercial Cyclist popularly known as Okada Riders were banned in Akure, the capital city of Ondo State about a month ago. This means of transportation which is highly favored by the people of Akure due to its ability in getting them out of traffic holdups were banned because they vandalize some public properties while staging a protest to protest a policy that the state govt tried to impose on them.
The impact of the ban which is new to the people of Akure cannot be over emphasis. Though the numbers of accidents recorded daily has reduced drastically due to the ban on this riders who sometimes pratice ghost rider stunt on the road at the detriment of the people but it has also successfully slowed down economic activities in Akure. This list is the Classikolic top 5 people most affected by the ban.
1) THE OKADA RIDERS: In a Country where job is as scarce as uranium, majority of the unemployed turned to okada riding as a means of sustaining themselves (and their family for those who have). With this ban, most of the Okada riders find it difficult to feed talk less of do any other thing. Majority of them have resulted to begging friends,family,neighbor and even their enemies before they can have their daily bread. Due to this, they are the top hit of the list.
2) THE MOTORCYCLE DEALERS/SELLERS: After the Okada Riders the motorcycle dealers are the second on the hit list. The market for motorcycles are no more moving as nobody loves bikes too hard enough to use them just to decorate their homes or to bless the policemen who will even seize a car that looks a lot like a bike.
3) THE MOTORCYCLE SPARE PART SELLERS: This set of people are the third on the hit list. Their market has been ruined. If you don't drive your bike,you will never notice where some changes is needed and when no part needs to be changed, there's no need for spare parts.
4) Civil Servant and Private workers: It is an undisputable fact that the fastest way to move around inside a city is through bike and majority of this workers have a fixed time to resume and majority of them prefers to take bike to beat the time especially in a place where there is no direct cab to. For example, someone living around New Stadium road and working in the federal secretariat will connect through like four Taxi before getting to his or her place of work but with Okada, before you finish singing Shakiti Bobo, you are already in Federal Secretariat.
5) PETROL STATION: I know petrol station owners will gladly trek from Akure to Maiduguri if that is what it takes for the ban on Okada riders to be lifted. Sales in all the filling stations within Akure has decreased by at least 25% since the ban has been placed on Okada riders.
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