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  • ACOMORAN Nat’l president bags fellowship award from MAPOLY

    ACOMORAN Nat’l president bags fellowship award from MAPOLY

    The National President, Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repair and Riders Association of Nigerian (ACOMORAN), Amb. (Prince) Shamsudeen Apelogun was on Tuesday, June 24, honoured at the 15th combined convocation of Mashood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun state.

    According to the institution, over 51,000 graduated from nine academic sessions, spanning 2015/2016 to 2023/2024, receiving National Diplomas (ND) and Higher National Diplomas (HND).

    At the event, Prince Apelogun was decorated and conferred with the distinguished fellowship award of the institution.

    The award, presented to Prince Apelogun by Ogun Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele was in recognition of his trailblazing antecedents in reformation of Nigeria’s transport sector and selfless service to development of Ogun state.

    In his appreciation message, Prince Apelogun said: “I’m immensely grateful to every mind behind my nomination for this award. It’s a call to do more than ever before and it’s my promise to continue serving humanity in my best capacity.

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    “I’m committed to doing everything within my power to promote unity and peace; and to give back to the society through various developmental initiatives”.

    Among the dignitaries present at the event include: Ogun Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; Ogun Deputy Governor; Ogun ACOMORAN chairman, Acom. Kayode Showumi, others.

  • Don’t phase out motor cycle, tricycle operations, FG tells States

    Don’t phase out motor cycle, tricycle operations, FG tells States

    The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, on Thursday urged states and local governments in Nigeria to integrate motor circle and tricycle operations into their transportation system instead of planning to phase them out.

    Amaechi said motor cycle and tricycle operations have been playing vital roles in nation building and development as they are primary means of transportation in many – difficult – to – reach areas of the country.

    The Minister made this known in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at the inauguration of the state Secretariat of the Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners Repairs and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN).

    Amaechi who was represented by the Deputy Director, Mass Transit Administration in the ministry, Foluke Oni, noted that it is plausible to allow Nigerians to “choose the means of transportation that suit them.”

    He, however, strongly recommended a continuous use of helmets, training and retraining of riders as well as an insurance cover for motor cyclists, try cyclists and users to guarantee safety on the roads.

    “There is need for states and local governments to integrate these tricycles and motor cycles operations into their mode of transportation and should begin to think more on how to enhance their operations rather than thinking of phasing them out

    “Tricycles and motor cycles are important in the area of provision of essential and easy to reach transportation all over the country.

    “Just like in the developed nation, we should ensure that the citizenry have the opportunity of choosing the form of transportation that best suit them.

    “There is need therefore for greater understanding of inevitable presence of tricycles and motor cycles operators for an improved and affordable transportation access for rural and some urban dwellers,” Amaechi said.

    Also, a federal lawmaker representing Yewa South and Ipokia Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, Kunle Akinlade, called for the integration of motor cycle and tricycle operations into the nation’s transport system, saying many of them are employers of labour in the trade.

  • IT firm to launch Apps for “Okada“ riders

    Cleveland International, an IT firm, says it is set to launch two Apps for Amalgamated Commercial Tricycle and Motorcycle Owners, Repairers and Riders Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) for security purpose.

    Mr Emeka Ejiro, the company’s representative, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.

    He said that the company was working on two Apps, which are for numeration and for security agencies to identify members in case of any criminal act.

    “We believe that the sector needs to be properly numerated, we need to tag their assets and the purpose of tagging it is to enable us to track them.

    “It helps us deploy the Apps that will help in terms of security which will be shared with Police, FRSC and VIO to verify members in case of any offence committed by members.

    “And a personal Apps for data capturing biometric, which will have the information of the association and its members, “ he said.

    Ejiro told NAN that the informal sector was not organised, saying that with the data capturing biometric it would help the sector in their activities.

    He said that after the exercise the association would be able to identify its members at the state and local government levels.

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  • Ondo APC chair preaches unity

    Ondo APC chair preaches unity

    Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Isaac Kekemeke has said the party’s new leadership will unite factions to build a stronger APC and take over power.

    Speaking to The Nation after meeting with the leadership of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Riders’ Association of Nigeria (ACOMORAN) in Akure, Kekemeke said: “We will ensure that the APC gets substantial votes during the February 2015 Presidential and National Assembly polls.”

    He said his committee would not be distracted by the antics of two leaders of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and the All Nigeria Peoples Congress (ANPP), who claimed they had formed a parallel executive.

    Kekemeke said: “These two party leaders, who are members of the legacy party, earlier withdrew from the ward and local government congresses because they wanted the party offices to be shared between the legacy parties that formed APC.

    “This request is contrary to the APC’s constitution. They must understand that the APC is a moving train with a distinct ideology, which nobody can hold back or slow down its pace.”

    He urged aggrieved members to forget the past and work together to ensure that the APC takes over power in the state, rather than constituting themselves into a cog in the wheel of progress.

     

    Kekemeke said: “We need them to be part of our present efforts to rebuild the progressive party. If their action is a drama or comic, we have had enough of it. It is now time for action.”

    “If it is an attempt to create division that does not exist for a perceived advantage, either to themselves or another party, they will soon discover to their chagrin that this advantage is not in existence.”

  • How N300m intervention fund tore motorcycle owners apart

    The expectation of N300million intervention fund for the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, (ACOMORAN) has torn the association into two factions.

    According to the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the group, Chief Ezekiel Oladapo, some members of the association raised a false alarm that government has already released N100million to the former President, Sanni Hassan.

    He said: “Some people said that the Federal Government wants to give them about N300million and they wanted to share it.

    “That is why they formed their own group. And we know it is not true. They accused the former president that he has collected N100million from the Federal Government, which was not reported to the association.”

    But Oladapo yesterday cautioned the Federal Government against releasing any intervention fund to any of its members without the consent of the trustees.

    He said:”As the authentic chairman of the board of trustees, I said that government should not deal with any faction or anybody from ACOMORAN without our authority.”

    Oladapo, who spoke with newsmen during a meeting organised by the different factions of the association to broker peace in Abuja, stated that the two factions were ready for out- of- court settlement.

    Hassan and the president of the other faction, Babaginda Maihura, admitted there had been, crisis in the association.

    They, however, said they were prepared for settlement for the association to make progress.

    They both accepted to end the litigation that followed the crisis by withdrawing their case from the Appeal Court in Abuja.