New twist as union reveals what happened to 2,000 tricycles meant for them

• The nationalist tricycle riders' national has called connected President Bola Tinubu to analyse the allocation of the 2,000 tricycles promised to the national since 2022
• They alleged that alternatively of giving the tricycles to the national arsenic promised, it is present being sold adjacent to non-union members
• The national insisted that they had been treated unfairly, particularly present that the manager of the inaugural claims nary committedness was made

Ruth Okwumbu-Imafidon, a writer with Legit.ng, has implicit a decennary of acquisition successful business reporting crossed integer and mainstream media.

The National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association has called connected the national authorities to probe the 2000 CNG tricycle scheme.

According to the union, President Bola Tinubu promised to allocate 2,000 tricycles to the national during the 2022 run tours erstwhile the national was invited to cardinal locations, including Lagos, Port Harcourt, and Kaduna.

The National President of NATOMORAS, Usman Gwoza, said that the promises were made publicly, and determination was authoritative documentation and statements from run officials confirming this.

The operators claimed that the president promised to allocate them 2,000 tricycles. Photo credit: State House, Contributor
Source: UGC

Gwoza alleged that the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (PCNGi) is present diverting the CNG tricycles and selling them to the national members astatine N2.5 million.

PCNGi dismisses their claims

Commenting connected the issue, the programme manager and Chief Executive of the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative, Engineer Michael Oluwagbemi, insisted that nary specified committedness was made to the union.

He challenged the national president to contiguous written agreements oregon grounds of immoderate statesmanlike committedness to backmost its claims.

Oluwagbemi asked:

“Where is the written statement betwixt him and the president? When you accidental idiosyncratic promised you something, wouldn’t you amusement wherever the idiosyncratic promised you? The video, astatine least. Even if the president promised it, let’s presume helium did. Which helium did not.”

Note that immoderate others, similar the Lagos section of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), invested N10.2 billion to get 3,000 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) commercialized tricycles for its members.

The authorities is besides launching 175 filling stations earlier the extremity of 2025.

Operators importune the President promised 2,000 CNG tricycles

Gwoza noted that adjacent aft the elections, the President again delivered a code connected October 1, promising that 2,000 CNG tricycles would beryllium fixed to the union.

He alleged that the PCNGi Director, Oluwagbemi, was moving with backstage companies to commercialize the tricycles alternatively of handing them to NATOMORAS arsenic promised.

He said:

“He’s conniving with immoderate different companies, releasing these tricycles for them, and helium is giving them retired connected prosecute acquisition for N2.5million. Then the institution collecting from him is giving it retired for N3.5m. The happening that they said they should springiness america for the run promise.”“That’s wherefore we are retired to archer Mr President successful lawsuit helium is not aware. The authorities needs to analyse this due to the fact that helium is giving this tricycle retired for N2.5m. When did the president inquire to springiness it retired connected N2.5 m? I person seen the radical who collected 100 pieces connected N2.5 m each. And those radical that are being fixed are not adjacent members of the NATOMORAS.”

Gwoza besides added that different unions, specified arsenic NARTO and RTEAN, had received CNG buses, portion the PCNGi was mistreating NATOMORAS.

PCNGi is liable for driving adoption for CNG vehicles arsenic a cleaner, cheaper and much sustainable alternative. Photo credit: Nurphoto
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He described this attraction arsenic unfair, referencing the ceremonial relation NATOMORAS played during the campaigns and however their contributions were acknowledged by the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC).

FG launches portal to administer 2000 CNG-tricycles

In related news, the national authorities has announced the motorboat of a portal for the organisation of 2000 compressed earthy state (CNG) powered tricycles.

The Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, said Nigerian youths could entree the portal and use for younker empowerment initiatives done cleanable vigor crossed the country.

Legit.ng reported that 2 websites were acceptable up for the intent — www.youthcng.ng and www.bci.gov.ng/tricycles

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Source: Legit.ng