Tricycles (keke) in Anambra to be fitted with security codes.

Anambra State Transport Commissioner, Mr Afam Mbanefo has unveiled the state Government’s plan to register every tricycle in the state. This means that all tricycles would henceforth carry security codes, which would be inscribed at the back of the tricycle by the ministry of Transport. Hon. Afam Mbanefo said this during his meeting with tricycle stakeholders present at Transport Ministry’s Conference Hall within the Jerome Udoji Secretariat Complex, Awka. The commissioner noted that the government had directed him to control reckless driving among riders, stop illegal ticketing and illegal task forces and halt driving against traffic as well as stop tricycles from plying on the expressways. He explained that the security codes would enable an easy tracing of any tricycle involved in any form of criminal activities through the Ministry’s Traffic Command and Control Center (TCCC). Hon. Afam Mbanefo also cautioned the illegal tricycle operators in the state to register with the minis...