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Gov. Uduaghan Commissions 1,250 Tricycles as Delta Phases out Motorcycles [Photos]

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GOVERNOR EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN, OF DELTA STATE ,( L ) HON BEN IGBAKPA,COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, DURING THE COMMISSIONING OF 1250 TRICYCLES PURCHASED BY THE DELTA STATE GOVERNMENT YESTERDAY. PHOTO: SUNNY OKAFOR

Delta State Governor Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan at the weekend in Asaba, commissioned 1,250 tricycles with a warning to politicians not to interfere with the distribution of the tricycles as it was exclusively reserved for commercial motorcycle operators.

Dr Uduaghan stressed that the tricycles were strictly for commercial motorcyclists popularly called okada, warning politicians to keep off as it was not meant for political patronage.

He specifically enjoined politicians not to see it as an avenue for providing jobs for their boys and advised them to go to the open market if interested in empowering their boys with tricycles.

His words ‘’I like to appeal to the political class not to interfere in the distribution of these tricycles. Do not use it to settle your boys. The tricycles are strictly for the okada riders who are transiting from okada to tricycles’’.

The Governor who subsidized the cost of the tricycles up to 70 percent from 400,000 thousand naira to 150,000 thousand naira warned operators of the tricycles to restrict themselves to the routes approved for them.

Dr Uduaghan stated that the introduction of the tricycles was to replace and gradually phase out the commercial motorcycles as part of measures to ensure safety in the transport sector and security in the State.

He noted that okada usage has done more harm than good in the state especially increasing the security challenge of the State adding: “the time has come for us to adopt a comprehensive transport system that would guarantee the safety of lives and property in the State”.

The Governor assured okada operators that his administration was not leaving them empty handed explaining that the present efforts to start from Asaba , Warri and Effurun would be extended to all urban centres of the state.

Dr Uduaghan further announced that the ban on okada usage in major cities has been extended by one month to November 1st 2012, to give okada operators enough time to prepare for the new policy.

Amidst cheers, the governor announced that the state has procured some boats and were expecting, more which would soon be commissioned for use in the riverine areas of the state.

He said: ‘’we are improving the transport sector and very soon more commercial buses and boats for riverine transportation will be commissioned. I assure you we will not relax until things are better for our people’’.

The Commissioner for Transport Honorable Benson Igbakpa in his address explained that the provision of the tricycles was to return sanity on the roads and ensure the safety of lives and property.

He appealed to okada operators who were the major beneficiaries to maintain and use the tricycles judiciously as it would encourage the state government to purchase more.

Igbakpa assured the governor that his Directorate would monitor and ensure that the 1,250 tricycles were strictly used for the purpose for which they were meant for to enable Deltans derive maximum benefits from the initiative.

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