The Imo State Government has restricted tricycle operators from plying all streets inside the state capital, Owerri.
Subsequently, commuters, including government employees, school kids, teachers and market ladies trekked long distances to their destinations.
The stranded workers blasted the state government for "aggravating" their difficulty by restricting the much prominent methods for movement in the town.
"They (government) said they were on a safeguard mission, yet the inverse is the situation.
"By what means can a government which cases to have the enthusiasm of the majority on the most fundamental level request that the Keke operators avoid the streets? What do they need us to do? Where are the taxis they said they had acquainted with supplant the Keke operators?" a female government worker who did not specify her name said.
A visit to Douglas, Wetheral, Royce, Tetlow and School streets demonstrated baffled workers who sat tight for a considerable length of time for business vehicles to get to their goals.
It was nonetheless, assembled that Toyota transports, which were said to have been secured by the state government to
facilitate the circumstance and which bear the engraving "Imo Black Cab," were seen utilizing the majority of the streets; while the "Taximo" taxicab irregularly handled the Orlu, Orji, Egbu, Naze and Obinze hub.
Responding to the circumstance, the Commissioner for Information, Prof. Nnamdi Obiareri, said there was no backpedaling on the boycott of the business tricycle administrators by the legislature.
Obiareri said the state government took the choice to checkmate the exercises of criminals who utilize tricycles, particularly at odd hours, to execute appalling violations, and additionally to reestablish rational soundness inside the state capital.
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