The Lagos State government is set to launch new mini buses as substitute for commercial motorcycles (Okada) and tricycles (Keke) currently constituting a public menace in the metropolis.
This is part of the outcome of the government’s partnership with some private investors to set up an auto plant in the where the mini buses will be manufactured.
The plan was disclosed by the State’s Commissioner of Transportation, Mr. Frederick Oladeinde, during a webinar organised by the State on its plan for 2021.
He said: “We got a private investor to set up a plant. They’ve started manufacturing some of the buses here. We have another investor that is coming and this government has invested in about 2,000 last mile buses and we are ramping it up to 5,000 in 2021.”
The commissioner added that the government is developing ‘the Last Mile,’ because Okada and Keke are not part of the State’s transport master plan.
“The Last Mile will take the place of Okada and Keke; it will take you into the inner community and into the inner roads, and these are what we call the local government roads. So we are launching a set of buses in the next one month,” he added.