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Nigeria Girl rides bicycle for first time after Govt bans motorbikes!

4,764 views · Published 28 May 2013 · 5:09 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: BattaBox · 2013 · Entertainment

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Africa Transport - since the Okada ban in Lagos, getting about cheaply and quickly is harder and harder - so people are coming up with more inventive ways to get to work on time in Nigeria... and more and more people are getting on their bike! So our presenter Odunayo tries to cycle in Lagos for the first time in her life...!

"I'm trying to learn to ride bicylce since they have banned okada now... bicycle is an alternative for people," explains Odunayo.

We head down to a bicycle shop on King's Way in Ikoyi where they rent, sell, repair and also help train people to ride a bike!

"Our business has gone up a bit since the okada ban because some secutiry men use it to ease their movement because so many people don't want to trek, for example on banana island," explains Godfrey, who has been in the Africa transport business for two years now.

But many people we asked about whether they would ride a bicycle on the busy streets of Lagos - and they were legitimately concerned!

"It depends where - if there is busy traffic, I cant do that," explains one man.

"It's not really safe but if there is bicycle path - maybe..." says another.

But talking to men riding their bikes in Nigeria - we could not find any women cyclists! - we got some good reasons - mainly, that you can skip the notorious traffic jams of Lagos, it's also cheaper, and incredibly some say - more fun!

"There's no bike now so I use my bicycle as another mean so of transportation - and I use it for exercise as well," explains Otis. "It's even easier than entering the traffic because with my bike I can manouvre and go places with it... it's not faster than okada but it's fun!"

Our main concern is that everyone we saw one a bike was not wearing their helmet or other safety gear.

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