Public Service Announcement!!! :
The Anambra State Government has directed the restriction of all private and commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators from the major expressways in the State from Monday the first day of June, 2015.Accordingly, all motorcycle and tricycle operators in the State will from next week Monday be barred from plying the Enugu- Onitsha and Onitsha - Owerri expressways. Similarly, it will be illegal for all motorcycles either private or commercial to ply the following designated roads in Awka, Onitsha and Nnewi:
In Awka, the roads are: Enugu-Onitsha expressway, Arthur Eze Avenue and Ziks Avenue. For Onitsha, the roads are: Onitsha-Owerri expressway, Awka Road, Borromew-Upper Iweka-Bridge Head road, Old and New Market Roads and Oguta Road. In Nnewi, they are: Nnewi- Nnobi road and Nnewi - Oba road.
All Commuters who must ply these restricted roads are by this announcement advised to use tricycles or the taxis and buses provided by the State Government and other commercial vehicle owners.
Law enforcement agencies have been directed to ensure strict compliance to this directive. Any motorcycle or tricycle operator caught violating this directive will have his motorcycle or tricycle impounded, retrievable by the payment of a fine of five thousand Naira for motorcycles and ten thousand Naira for tricycles for first offenders.
Subsequent arrest for a second violation of this directive will attract outright confiscation of the motorcycle or tricycle by the State Government.
Lastly, all motorcycle operators in the State are by this announcement restricted from carrying more than a Passenger on a trip.
Signed.
Dr Uju Nwogu
Hon. Commissioner For Information, Culture and Tourism.
Dr Uju Nwogu
Hon. Commissioner For Information, Culture and Tourism.
Chu'ma Mbonu Esq
Hon. Commissioner for Transport
26th May, 2015.
Hon. Commissioner for Transport
26th May, 2015.