‘No plans to ban Keke’ – Abia government assures operators

The Abia State Government has assured residents that it has nary plans to prohibition the cognition of commercialized tricycles, popularly known arsenic Keke, crossed the state.

The Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, gave the assurance portion briefing journalists astatine the Government House, Umuahia, connected the result of the State Executive Council gathering presided implicit by Governor Alex Otti.

Kanu said the authorities would not prohibition Keke operations without a compelling reason.

He stressed that the medication was alternatively focused connected improving and regulating the transport system.

“The authorities is not going to beryllium stampeded into banning Keke operations erstwhile determination is nary compelling request to bash so,” helium said.

He explained that the authorities was moving to streamline the operations of commercialized vehicles and tricycles to marque proscription much businesslike and trim congestion, peculiarly successful large cities.

Kanu besides acknowledged that the fig of Keke operators successful Abia had accrued pursuing restrictions connected their operations successful immoderate neighbouring states.

He said a prohibition connected commercialized tricycles was not portion of the authorities government’s plans.

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