Ondo State government yesterday lifted the suspension order placed on the activities of commercial motorcyclists in Akure, the state capital. Governor Olusegun Mimiko made the announcement while addressing stakeholders in transport business at the Cocoa Conference Hall of his office in Akure. The meeting was attended by members of the State Executive Council and the heads of security agencies in the state.
Mimiko also announced that ticketing by the commercial motorcyclists, which was equally suspended, would commence in October after all necessary regulatory procedures might have been finalised. He said: “Obtaining tickets will now be regularised and it will be an arrangement between the various stakeholders and the representatives of the state government.
“From October 1, you will start to collect your tickets. We said October so that every arrangement must have been concluded before then and all disagreements that may arise must have been resolved. “There will be no room for all illegal fees anywhere.
All registered commercial motorcycles will be painted, but you are not going to pay for the painting. There will be special jackets for the operators so that our people can be sure of the genuineness of the Okada operators.”
