Following the spread of Coronavirus pandemic across the country, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, (OYRTMA), has begun full enforcement of the Operation-one-passenger, which mandates commercial motorcyclists to carry one passenger.
The enforcement exercise also prohibits commercial cab drivers from transporting more than a passenger in front seats, while tricycle riders are not expected to take any passenger in front seats.
OYRTMA Chairman, Dr. Akin Fagbemi who disclosed this in Ibadan posited that the enforcement became necessary considering the rapid spread of the virus, adding that the exercise would mitigate the easy spread of the deadly coronavirus.
He said, “As a government agency in charge of transportation of goods and services across the State, it is not only imperative we make this move to prevent avoidable road crashes, but also to reduce body contacts and exchange of body fluids which aids the easy transmission of this deadly virus”.
Speaking with stakeholders, Dr. Fagbemi enjoined them to brace up, take proactive and stringent steps to curb the spread of COVID-19, by sensitising commercial vehicle owners on the need to take precautionary measures such as the use of protective hand gloves, nose covers and crash helmets.
