The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi,on Thursday, announced Federal Governments plans to introduce solar-powered tricycles and motorcycles into the Nigerian transport system in 2019.
He
disclosed this at the swearing-in ceremony of newly elected executives
of Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle & Motorcycle Owners, Repairs and
Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) in Abuja.
The minister,
who was represented by Dr Anthonia Ekpa, Director, Road Transport and
Mass Transit Administration of the Ministry, said the initiative would
solve the fuel challenges faced by motorcycles and tricycles riders.
“What
we have done is to ensure that we introduce into the Nigeria
environment, solar-powered tricycles, we are going to introduce into the
sector tricycles that will not need to use fuel and also electric
tricycles.“I want to use this opportunity to also say that we
have put it in the 2018 budget to be implemented in 2019 because in the
2018 budget we have what we called green transportation, which under it
we have the solar-powered tricycles.“We also have in the 2018
budget what we called amphibious vehicles, which is going to be in form
of a tricycles which can be used on water and on land for those of you
in the riverine areas, we hope to purchase that in 2019.”
He, however, said that road transport remains the most critical and accessible to all Nigerians, urging the new ACOMORAN president to ensure that his members obey all traffic laws.
Source:- Autojosh
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