Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has denied rumours that he plans to ban commercial motorcycles in the state, if re-elected.
Fayemi said he only advised riders to obey traffic rules to avoid accidents.
The governor spoke yesterday while hosting commercial motorcyclists, who converged at his office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.
The motorcyclists said they were there to assure him of their votes at the June 21 governorship poll.
The motorcyclists earlier went round major roads, doing stunts, to show their support for the governor.
Fayemi said: “The rumour is being peddled by my detractors, who are trying to get undue favour from motorcyclists ahead of the election.”
Reiterating his administration’s commitment to making life better for the masses, he thanked them for supporting him in “rescuing the state from the grip of political locusts since the beginning of the struggle in 2007”.
He promised to provide free helmets for the motorcyclists and give their association a bus.
Chairman on the Commercial Motorcyclists’ Association Adebo Olu-Martins, said they came to assure the governor of their support because “he has transformed the transport sector and made our business easy by providing tarred roads across the state”.
Olu-Martins said: “We thank the governor for saying he will not ban okada. We appreciate him for the construction of good roads because that is what is most important to us, since we use the roads.
“My people support good things and the governor’s work is visible across the state. There is no community that has not felt the administration’s impact.”
Source: The Nation
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