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https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27432/critical-issues-in-transportation-for-2024-and-beyond

Are Okada operators licenced to ride in Nigeria?: a preliminary finding

Commercial motorcycles called Okada have become a major passenger mode in Nigerian cities. Road crashes involving motorcycles are substantial and rising. This paper therefore examines whether these operators were actually licenced to ride. The survey shows that about 58 per cent are illegal riders that are without driver’s licence. While the majority with ‘licences’ were found to be carrying fake licences. Ignorance was found not to be the reason for violating the driver licence law. The major reason for non acquisition of licence was found to be the high fee for the driver’s licence, which makes the operators prefer to pay N20 bribe to the traffic law enforcement officers to licence acquisition. For the Okada operators to be properly tutored in highway usage through proper licencing, the government should reduce the fee in order to encourage the operators to have proper tutoring in road safety, a requirement for genuine issuance of driver licence. Also road traffic law enforcement should be invigorated, while the institutions involved in enforcement should be equipped for the challenges of driver licence issuance and enforcement.

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: 12 s
  • Monograph Title: Road safety on four continents. 14th international conference, Bangkok, Thailand 14-16 November 2007. Conference proceedings

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01114852
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • Files: ITRD, VTI
  • Created Date: Nov 18 2008 1:24PM