Ekiti to regulate motorcycle operators

The Ekiti State Executive Council has approved the presentation of the state Commercial Motorcycle Operators’ Regulatory Bill, 2024, to the State House of Assembly for legislative processing and passage into law. The Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, while addressing journalists, said the proposed law was to regulate the operations of commercial motorcycle operators in the […]

The Ekiti State Executive Council has approved the presentation of the state Commercial Motorcycle Operators’ Regulatory Bill, 2024, to the State House of Assembly for legislative processing and passage into law.

The Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, while addressing journalists, said the proposed law was to regulate the operations of commercial motorcycle operators in the state.

He said the bill sought to provide for mandatory data capturing of all private and commercial motorcycle operators in the state.

The state spokesman added that the bill would also regulate the number of working hours of commercial motorcycle operators.

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“It will also provide mandatory branding of all commercial motorcycles in the state in the colour and design that may be prescribed by the state government and prescribed penalties for offences committed under the law,” he said.