Tricycle
Operators(Keke Marwa) in Imo state will cease to operate in designated
areas in Owerri, the State Capital as from Tuesday, September 5, 2017.
Only taxis will now be operating in the Capital City.
For
that reason, the governor shared about 2000 Passat Wagon Vehicles to
Keke Operators as a replacement, on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, to
enable them comply with the directive. Balloting was conducted at the
Hero’s Square for the beneficiaries to emerge.
The
second batch beneficiaries will get theirs in October while the third
batch will have their own in December 2017, adding that Keke Operators
would no longer be expected to operate along the major roads of Douglas,
Wetheral, Bank Road, Orlu Road and other designated roads”.
Addressing
the Keke Operators, Governor Rochas Okorocha said, “Few years ago when
the Keke people gave me a very resounding support, I promised you people
that I will change you from three legged to four legged and for that
reason, today marks the beginning of movement from tricycle to full car.
Now the government has made provision for 2,000 taxis to enable all of
you to have one taxi each. This is done to give you comfort and make
your life prosperous. I would not have been happy if I finish this
government without fulfilling my promise”.
He
said: “For purpose of clarity this is government empowerment scheme to
empower the masses, to reduce pain in your families and to bring
comfort. Keke has served us well in Imo State and I want to thank you
all for serving us well but as Imo State is developing and getting
better with good roads and a lot of infrastructural developments, Keke
can no longer be the appropriate means of transport within the Owerri
City, this is why we are moving from Keke to a full car”.
He
continued “Only a few days ago, you heard the story about EKEUKWU
MARKET, and few months ago you heard the attack on the Urban Renewal and
few years ago you heard about the free education and the attack by the
elite, you will agree with me my people that I have come to rescue Imo
State. In all these, I, Rochas Okorocha your governor, has no direct or
indirect benefit from my free education or widening the road or even
relocating the EKEUKWU but I see that in the next ten years Imo will
appreciate what I have done for them”.
I
give you these cars without subjecting you to pay for forms, or cost of
transportation or any another fee, I release it free of charge, I am
doing this for God’s sake that the poor people may smile.
I
want all of you to understand that I am making the highest sacrifice
that it may be well with my people. I have tried to make Imo much better
than I met it, as I struggle painfully, having sleepless nights to make
the life of my people better, I want you to reciprocate by joining me
in the fight to rescue the state totally from the hands of scavengers
ravaging the state over the years.
I
relocated Ekeukwu to stop crime in the area and clean the city of dirt
so that light can come in but the Sadducees and Pharisees cashed in and
changed the narrative. Only yesterday, they said they want to pay
condolence over a child that was shot, let me tell you, neither the
Police nor any government official shot any gun and till today nobody
has shown where the blood of that child was but this happened along
Mbaise road not even on Douglas Road” he stressed.
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