Wisdom Engraced
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The National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (NATOMORAS) has accused the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) initiative of diverting 2,000 CNG tricycles meant for its members to private companies, which are allegedly selling them at inflated prices. NATOMORAS President Usman Gwoza claims that the promise was made publicly and supported by official documentation and statements from campaign officials.
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“All the letters that are given to us, invitations to Lagos and Port Harcourt, Kaduna, were all signed by him,” Gwoza stated. “On October 1, he delivered his speech. I also delivered my speech. And he mentioned that the support that they wanted to give as per the campaign promise was 2,000 CNG to be given to our union. And I have the report; I have the documents, everything.
“All the letters that are given to us, invitations to Lagos and Port Harcourt, Kaduna, were all signed by him,” Gwoza stated. “On October 1, he delivered his speech. I also delivered my speech. And he mentioned that the support that they wanted to give as per the campaign promise was 2,000 CNG to be given to our union. And I have the report; I have the documents, everything.”
However, the Programme Director and Chief Executive of the Presidential CNG Initiative, Michael Oluwagbemi, dismissed the claims, challenging NATOMORAS to produce evidence of any presidential commitment to allocate 2,000 CNG tricycles to their union. “So, he gave a private promise to him. Can he show us the agreements the president signed with him?” Oluwagbemi asked. “Where is the written agreement between him and the president? When you say somebody promised you something, wouldn’t you show where the person promised you? The video, at least. Even if the president promised it, let’s assume he did. Which he did not.”
Gwoza accused Oluwagbemi of diverting the CNG tricycles and working with private companies to commercialise them instead. “So, he’s conniving with some other companies, releasing these tricycles for them, and he is giving them out on hire purchase for N2.5m. Then the company collecting from him is giving it out for N3.5m.”
NATOMORAS is calling for a government investigation into the matter, with Gwoza stating, “The government needs to investigate this because he is giving this tricycle out for N2.5m. When did the president ask to give it out on N2.5 m?
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