FRSC - Federal Government Should Ban Commercial Motorcycles Nationwide

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has suggested to the Federal Government that they should ban all the commercial motorcycles nationwide popularly known as 'Okada' so as to reduce the risk of road accidents on the Nigerian roads.

 

This recommendation from the Federal Road Saftey Corps, FRSC, forms part of the October Road Traffic Crash (RTC) Report 2016, submitted by the Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

According to the report, it  quoted Oyeyemi as saying that "commercial motorcyclist, remained a major cause of fatal road traffic accidents across the country, hence the need for state governments to consider banning them from operating".

From the RTC statistics based on October 2016, shows that 230 cases or 18% of a total of 1,259 vehicles were involved in accidents within the month, majority were commercial motorcycles.

Report says that, motorcycle accidents ranked third after cars which accounted for 457 cases or 36%, followed by minibuses with 243 or 19% of the total.