Hundreds of motorcycle riders working for Gokada and Max, on Friday, staged a protest at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja .
The riders, carrying placards with various inscriptions, demanded that the ban placed on motorcycle and tricycle riders in 15 local council areas of the state as well as highways and bridges be suspended.
The ban is scheduled to take effect from February 1, 2020.
The Lagos State Government had said it did not give any person or group license to operate organised Okada commercial services.
The protesting riders lamented that the ban would not only take their means of livelihood but also render them jobless.
They submitted a petition to the lawmakers, who came out to address them.
The lawmaker representing Alimosho Constituency, Bisi Yusuf, who represented the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, pleaded with them to obey the law pending when the House would look into their petition.
