Commercial tricycle operators in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have appealed to the FCT Administration to lift the ban on keke in the city centre.
Some of the operators under the aegis of Tricycle Operators Association of Abuja (TOAN) led by their public relations officer, Mohammed Kachallah said the group’s over 30,000 members would be out of job should the ban be upheld.
He said members of the group have suffered from several movement restrictions in the past which had confined them to their present routes.
He said, “We are allowed to ply limited estates in Abuja and if we are transferred to another place it will be difficult to adjust.”
He said the ban would also affect school children and low income earners who could not afford the cost of hiring taxis to move around the city.
“I am crying on behalf of the passengers and the keke riders, the government should please allow us to work freely,” he said.
Another operator, Abdullahi Muhammad, said most of them do not have another source of income, adding that if they were banned from some areas many people will find it difficult to take care of their families.
