NSNCM Urges FG to Fulfil Promise of Two Million Electric Tricycles
The Nineteen Seventeen Northern Consensus Movement (NSNCM) has called on the Federal Government to honour its campaign promise of providing two million electric tricycles to its members registered under the Community Transport Initiative of the Presidential Campaign Council.
Speaking at a news conference on Sunday in Kaduna, the National President of NSNCM, Dr. Auwal Abdullahi, said the commitment was made through the National Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association (NATOMORAS), an affiliate of the movement, during the 2023 campaign period.
According to him, the tricycles were expected to be distributed under the Community Transport Directorate, headed by the National President of NATOMORAS, Mr. Usman Gwoza, who also doubles as the Director of Contact and Mobilisation of NSNCM.
Abdullahi explained that members were instructed to pay registration fees after being informed that the Federal Government would fund 50 per cent of the unit cost, while beneficiaries would offset the remaining balance. He added that the payments were made through NATOMORAS to the Non-Governmental Association of Nigeria (NOGAS), a body said to be engaged in poverty alleviation, skills acquisition and educational support programmes.
The NSNCM president expressed concern that despite the recent launch of electric tricycles in Abuja, none of the two million units earmarked for their members had been delivered.
He noted that the prolonged delay had triggered agitation among members, resulting in arrests and alleged harassment of some leaders.
Abdullahi emphasised that the movement, which comprises 598 registered associations across the 19 Northern states, played a key role in mobilising votes for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the 2023 general elections.
“We are supporters of President Tinubu. We campaigned and voted massively through the Community Transport Department of the Presidential Campaign Council. We are only asking that the promise made to our members be honoured,” he stated.
He urged President Tinubu to direct the immediate release of the electric tricycles to NATOMORAS for onward distribution to all verified beneficiaries.
Abdullahi further warned that if the government fails to take positive action by December 15, the movement would mobilise its more than two million registered
for a peaceful protest to demand the fulfilment of the campaign pledge.
“No politician will want to joke with two million votes in 2027,” he added.
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