The Bayelsa Development Initiative has chastised Governor Douye Diri for continuing to prohibit commercial tricycles, better known as Keke, from operating at night in Yenagoa and its environs.
In a statement issued by its Secretary, Michael Rodamini, the BDI said it was insensitive and inconceivable for the governor to have permitted a limitation that was supposed to be a stop-gap measure to extend longer than one month.
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Following a violent conflict between the youths of Yenizue-Epie in the Yenagoa Local Government Area and Keke riders on April 20, Diri halted commercial tricyclist activities from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m.
There were casualties as a result of the conflict.
However, the pressure group claimed that it was past time for the governor to ease the ban, claiming that it had harmed business.
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“Banning Keke at night, providing no alternative, allowing such a ban to linger, and pretending that everything is fine despite the negative effects on the people, especially during this rainy season, only emphasises this government’s anti-people stance.”
“We are also urging Douye Diri to lift the ban immediately in order to alleviate the plight of the masses,” the group said.
