OKADA TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Okada is a commercial motor bike Okada used as a vehicle for hire in Nigeria. The name was borrowed from Okada Air, a Nigerian local airline, now defunct.
It is also commonly
used in many West African countries, including Togo, Benin, Burkina Faso,
Liberia and Sierra Leone and currently this system has been unofficially added
to the Ghana transportation system. Though it has not been approved legally due
to safety reasons, it is highly patronized by most Ghanaians.
Okada (motor bike) is a
very fast mode of transportation, this is because it does not follow the high
traffic system like some of the transportation systems do. Talk of its
accessibility, Okada is not easily accessible unlike the taxis and trotros
which can be boarded anywhere even and anytime, Okada can only be boarded at
their ranks. That is where they mostly park and wait for their passengers. This
is because it is not legalized in the country and those who operate it do it
illegally, therefore they cannot expose themselves openly rather they stand at
vantage points and wait for their passengers.
The maximum number of
passengers an Okada will take is two with the rider making it three.
Though they are fast to
travel with, they are very expensive and also risky due to the inability of the
okada riders to provide helmets for their passengers.
Despite effort by the
police to clamp down the Okada business, it is obvious that motorbikes used for
commercial purposes have become a booming venture which is gradually engulfing
the Accra metropolis and other regions.
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