Adamawa relaxes restriction on Keke NAPEP
By Wilson Adekumola
Adamawa State Government has relaxed the restriction of operations for tricycles, popularly called Keke NAPEP, in Yola North, Yola South and Girei of the state.
This was made known in a statement by Humwashi Wonosikou, Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri on Sunday.
The Keke NAPEP operators, who were formerly bound to close at 10pm every day in the affected LGAs, now have an extra hour to operate, according to the reviewed operational hours.
Wonosikou noted that by the fresh directive, the old 10pm to 5am directive “is now eased to commence from 11pm to 5am daily during the period of the Ramadan fast.”
The Governor’s spokesperson that the development is to enable the Muslim faithful to partake in tafsir sessions during the fasting period.
The Adamawa State Government had in February 2021 imposed a restriction of movement order on commercial tricyclists in the three municipal local council areas.
The restriction, introduced for security reasons, had been made through the Adamawa State Restriction of Movement of Tricycles/Motorcycles Executive Order No.1 of 2021.
The government then directed security agencies to intensify security especially in the three councils.
