Comedy
Introduced on February 1, the ban is aimed at decongesting Lagos's roads and reducing accidents and overcrowding. Citing the two- and three-wheeled vehicles' "chaos and disorderliness", as well as the "scary figures" of deadly accidents, the government said the ban was central in its efforts to achieve its goals. With motorcycle and tricycle operations now banned in major residential and business hubs, including Ikeja, the state capital, residents are markedly short of options for commuting. ALSO, Nigeria is notorious for it's unstable business environment: Well-funded motorcycle-hailing startups have also been caught in the cross-hairs of the ban despite only deploying motorcycles that match the state's transport laws. Collectively, Max.ng and Gokada raised over $12 million in funding last year alone while OPay, a payments service that received $170 million in funding mainly from Chinese investors last year, has bankrolled the aggressive growth of ORide, its bike-hailing app.