Tuesday, 15 April 2014

trotro transport system


               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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