< img src="https://eyewitness101.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/osun-commercial-motorcyclists-government-trade-words-over-identification-jackets.png"class ="ff-og-image-inserted"> A cross-section of business motorcyclists operating within Osogbo, the Osun State capital have actually opposed against the non-delivery of riders recognition coats by the state government a number of months after they were spent for.

The protesters while venting their anger revealed that each industrial motorcyclist was made to part with N2,500 for the jacket including that 90 percent of them have not been provided the riders coat after the state federal government had guaranteed that it would be delivered to them, couple of months after payment.

“Only those who paid for the jacket at the early phase got it, while 90 percent of them were going about with the ticket provided to them by the federal government as evidence of payment.”

The motorcyclists likewise complained that instead of the state government providing them recognition jackets, they turned to minimizing the highway fine for them from N5,000 to N3,400.

Responding, the Osun State Government through the Hussein Olatoke Olaniyan Special Adviser on Works and Transport specified that a good number of the business motorcyclists that have gathered the coats have actually been using them while some were not.

Olaniyan likewise exposed that numerous security identity cards that have actually been printed by the state federal government were also waiting for collection.

In a declaration titled, The fact about Okada rider’s jackets, Olaniyan discussed that in the after-effects of the October 2020 EndSARS protests, the state government had actually mandated all the 7 business motorcyclists and tricycles unions to come up with methods of subscription identification.

The factor behind the move by the federal government the Special Adviser revealed was for easy recognition of illegal operators within their rank.

The Special Adviser said the management of the unions were given liberties to procure their membership jackets and that the state government only provided security coded identification cards at the cost of N300 per card.

He described that Messers Jide John J Ventures, a specialist engaged by the seven unions handled the coat procurement process.

In his words, “Payment of N2,500 for the coat and ID card by each okada rider was done through their respective unions. The State Government did not gather any cash from either specific okada rider or their unions.

Olaniyan likewise revealed that the leadership of the okada unions notified the federal government that many coats were all set for collection however their members were not showing up for their collection.

The uniform jacket policy DAILY POST remembered was launched as part of federal government’s effort to control the activities of commercial bike operators within the state.

The Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had throughout the launch of the programme on March 21, 2021, stated the step was taken to cut the activities of thugs who commit evil under the guise of being business motorcyclists.

Oyetola had held that it was unfortunate that some hooligans and undesirable components had over the years benefited from the uncontrolled nature of commercial motorcyclists operations to participate in unwholesome activities such as pickpocketing, break-in and kidnapping.