Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, in Maiduguri, at the weekend, hosted operators of ‘Keke NAPEP’ during which he directed the procurement of 500 tricycles and 100 Toyota cars (Corolla LE) for subsidized allocations.
At the meeting, Governor Zulum, explained that about 2000 Keke NAPEP operators, who currently do not have their own tricycles, will benefit from the intervention in which case, four operators will be allocated one tricycle for shared business, which means 2000 operators will own the 500 tricycles. He said another 200 persons will jointly own 100 Toyota cars.
As subsidy, all 2,200 beneficiaries will be required to repay only 50% of the market value of the tricycles and cars which they will generate from business while government will waive the remaining 50%, Zulum announced.
The governor directed the state’s Ministry of Transportation to liaise with various unions of the tricycle operators to agree on suitable and acceptable modalities for the allocation.
Zulum however, warned that, only deserving members who do not have their tricycles should be considered.
He further said, all measures were in the best interest of the tricycle riders while acknowledging the huge employment opportunities it has provided.
