General News of Monday, 3 February 2020
Source: www.mynigeria.com
The Lagos State Government has exempted dispatch riders, courier companies, newspaper dispatching motorcycles, and motorbike riders from the ban placed on tricycles and motorbikes in the state.
This disclosure was made by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotosho.
Giving more details into the category of riders exempted from the plan, Omotosho admonished security agents to use their discretionary powers in certain instances.
He said, “Every officer to enforce this law has discretionary powers. Aside from the discretionary powers, courier companies, dispatch riders, newspaper dispatching motorcycles, and motorbikes are exempted from the ban and they must be well kitted. You wear your helmet, you don’t carry passengers and you have your box behind you to show you are a dispatch rider.”
The commissioner for information was resolute as he noted that the government was not planning to review the ban.
Omotosho thanked residents who had borne the pains of the enforcement, saying the government had the interest of Lagosians at heart.