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The company will now focus on its fintech business which has always been its core.
Bike-hailing firms are in talks with the Lagos State Government to lift the ban and resume operation in the state.
In a bid to curtail the gridlock experienced in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has inaugurated 14 commercial ferries.
Fahim Saleh, Founder, Gokada has reacted to the ban placed on the operation of commercial motorcycles in specific LGAs in Lagos State.
Gokada and Max,ng have condemned the order of the Lagos State Government to ban tricycles, motorcycles, including bike-hailing startups in the state. They described it as insensitive. #GOKADA,#MAX.ng
Lagos is becoming increasingly unsafe for its citizens due to the increasing rate of robbery perpetrated mainly by robbers using motorcycles to aid quick escape from robbery scenes.
Bike-hailing startups, Gokada, ORide, MaxNG and other commercial motorcycles have been banned from plying 15 LGAs in Lagos State.
ORide took to the road to protest “multiple ticketing,” which is described as extortion, by the union members.
The Country Manager for OPay in Nigeria has said traditional banks should be worried about the Fintechs and Telecos certified by the CBN.
Emerging reports have it that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has shut down the office of online payment portal, OPay.
ORide's entry strategy was a wish come true for many Nigerians, and while the expectation is that market rivalry will drop prices to keep their customers from porting to ORide, Gokada has distanced itself from such a move.
Research carried out by Nairametrics has revealed that @GokadaNG’s shutdown could be as a result of the targeted poaching by the newcomer, @oride_ng.