Recent Ban on commercial motorcycles in the University of Ibadan: Reactions and opinions of students

The management of University of Ibadan officially banned commercial Motorcycle operations on campus since June 30, 2019 and replaced it with tricycle. This in turn triggered reactions from students, residents and workers. FATSSSA Press sought the opinions of students and they have these to say:

Anonymous views;
"I think one of the reasons why motorcycles were banned was not necessarily because of the cases of theft and accidents as purported by the management; it was an attempt by the school authority to encourage walking among students, which will, in turn, serve as a good form of exercise. The management knows better, it's now left for the students to make the best out of this unsolicited change. To me, it is a welcome development as some students are practically lazy to walk just a little distance. In a saner clime, I don't see an atom of sense in what the management did. So when you look beyond the amusement, you'll see the subtle meanings I embellished in it. Anonymous

"It's been one of the most disgusting and selfish decision made by the authority. Physically and mentally unhealthy." –Anonymous

"Well I think its all bullshit..I mean why the hell would Okada be banned...Are the students complaining or what??.. We love using okadas because it is faster and comfortable.. U couldn't even do good by supplementing the bikes with keke napeps..I mean that won't be bad at all..buh u decided to stop the use of bikes and started using Keke napeps... That is no good at all.. Keke napeps are slow..and time wasting...One time like that I wanted to get to a class by 10am.. I had to wait for up to 15mins before I saw some other two persons going to the same destination I was heading to..The keke napeps are causing more harm than good.. They should just scrap the whole thing and bring back our bikes..  Thank you." –Anonymous

" I don't really support it.
Coz it will affect the students in my ways..
1. Inability to get to a place in case it urgency
2. Muruwa till take u alone at the rate of 100-120naira the same place Okada will take u 50naira.... So it is not cost effective
3. Maruwa wastes time.....
From indy to Mellanby, because I was in rush I had to pay 100naira... In which Okada will take me 50naira and will not waste my time..." –Anonymous

The management made a very beautiful policy without putting the necessary measures in place"–Anonymous

"This whole keke thing whatever the intentions of the management is, there's no organization. Everything is so scattered. I really feel there are latent reasons behind the manifest ones presented to the public, a selfish one at that." –Anonymous

"The ban on bike has made life on campus, not just to be hectic but also unbearable; consider a scenario of a female student from the faculty of veterinary medicine and staying in AWO hall. Left stranded, she may decide to opt for a free ride which is a greater risk compared to the ones posed by the motorcyclists. Hence, in the interest of security, natural justice and fairness the ban on bikes should be reconsidered and if possible, revoked. –Anonymous

“The only thing that needs banning in UI is the ban on bike itself.” –Anonymous

No, its not a good idea, perhaps, if they come out with their reasons for the replacement of commercial motorcycle with Tricycle, the clouds may be cleared and people may look at the issue from their own angle of sight towards it. It will have a negative effect on the students, the operators and even UI community at large.
To start with, when the number of these motorcycles were reduced, transport from one point to another within the campus became a bit difficult because cabs only move from gate to specific locations. So moving from faculty of science to college of medicine is only through these motorcycles and their reduction made them a scarce commodity.
If their reduction can have such effect, how about replacing them completely with tricycle which will be far more expensive in purchase relative to motorcycle indicating that the number of available tricycle will even be more fewer than before. The effect will be catastrophic to the muscles in the legs of students!  SULAIMON Mubarak, 400 Level, Chemistry. (Excerpt from UCJ,UI, publication of May 20, 2019).

It is for the good of the student, so the management said. But what is this good if not generally acceptable and if the only thing that the beneficiaries could fathom is the harm it caused. "They said its safe but I witnessed two accidents today" -an eye witness of the tricycle accidents.

“We can't continue to complain, and the body to fight for our rights as students had the school authority suspended. We are now as dummies without a say and with all decisions being made for us. This ban is a decision not of the people, for the people and not by the people. So undemocratic!” –Anonymous