By Chioma Andy
The Permanent
Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Transport, Dr. Somiari Harry has
reemphasised Government’s stand on the use of Tricycle, commonly known as Keke
NAPEP, as a means of conveying people to their destinations.
In a discussion
with some journalists in the state on Tuesday 29 January 2013, Dr. Harry said
that the Government was not mincing words when it banned the use of Keke as a
means of transportation in some parts of the state.
Reminding people
of the law that gave Government such rights, he quoted the Rivers State Road
Traffic (Prohibition of Tricycles) Regulations 2010 which stated that, “Any
person who operates a tricycle within the prohibited areas shall be guilty of
an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to imprisonment for one
month or to a fine of (10,000)”
He mentioned the
four Local Governments Areas (LGAs) that Keke are not allowed to ply as:
Obio-Akpor, Eleme, Oyibo and Port Harcourt.
These LGAs, he
said, were chosen to make the roads safe for users.
He disclosed
that the Rivers State Traffic Management Authority (TIMARIV) has already
arrested and impounded hundreds of Keke Napep in the affected LGAs.
He concluded by
adding emphatically that the Ministry has not directed any person to collect
money from operators of Keke Napep, adding that those who pay money to any
person under that guise do so at their own risk.
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