The National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (NATOMORAS), has called on President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shetima, to fulfil what it called their campaign promise of providing 2,000 CNG tricycles.
At a press conference in Abuja, the National President of NATOMORAS, Usman Gwoza, who said the association members may embark on a protest over the issue, expressed deep disappointment and frustration over what he described as the government’s continued neglect of their association despite their significant support for the All Progressives Congress during the 2023 elections.
“I speak not just for myself but for over 18 million registered members of the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association, men and women who own and ride tricycles and motorcycles across all the 36 states of Nigeria and the FCT,” Gwoza stated.
He added, “Our members are angry. But we are peaceful people. We love Nigeria. We love this government. But if this silence continues, we will have no choice but to mobilise our members to peacefully protest nationwide. Not in violence, but in pain.”
Recounting their active involvement in the APC campaign, Gwoza said, “In April 2022, during the APC National Campaign Flag-off in Plateau State, NATOMORAS came out in full force. Our members travelled from every corner of this country to show support for the Tinubu/Shettima presidential ticket. We showed our numbers, we showed our strength, and we stood tall for the All Progressive Congress.”
He added that their efforts led to the creation of the Directorate of Community Transport (Keke and Okada), with himself appointed as National Director.
NATOMORAS, he said, was the only association of tricycle and motorcycle riders that publicly declared full support for the Tinubu/Shettima campaign.
He continued, “And we did this without collecting a single kobo. Our members also worked as polling agents, mobilisers, and volunteers from polling units to wards, to LGAs, and states. These we did because we believed in the vision. We gave everything to make sure APC, His Excellency, President Tinubu.”
