Comply strictly with the recent directive. Obiano tells Commercial Motorcyclists

Governor Willie Obiano, has warned Commercial Motorcyclists in the state to comply strictly with the recent directive by his administration, restricting their operations from specific routes across the state or risk being banned completely in the state. Governor Obiano, gave the warning at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia, when he signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Temply SYC Inspection Limited, for the establishment of an Ultra Modern Vehicle Inspection Centres, across the three major city locations in the state. Correspondent Kenechukwu Ofomah reports that the six million United States dollar Memorandum Of Understanding is for the designing, construction and management of Vehicle Testing and Inspection garages at Nnewi, Awka, and Onitsha. The sharing formular for the Inspection fees and profit between the state and the Investor, is forty-eight per cent and fifty-two per cent respectively, covering all the Inspection and road worthiness certificates and largely on the condition that the state will provide land at the three locations, each measuring approximately five thousand square metres. Designed on a build, operate, maintain and transfer basis, the garages, shall revert to the State Government at the expiry of fifteen years, commencing from the date the investor started operations and is subject to the option of renewal for another ten years only on management terms to be negotiated by both parties. Performing the function, Governor Obiano, said the project offers the prospect of great impetus in his efforts to secure the lives and property of Ndi Anambra through road safety. The Governor, who noted that his administration had commenced its revolutionary strides in the state transport sector through sensitization programmes aimed at instilling discipline in the motoring public, said the establishment of Vehicle Inspection Centres, will help reduce accidents on the state roads by ensuring that vehicles that ply them are road worthy. He further revealed that plans are ongoing at resuscitating driving schools and re-introducing road signs on the state roads to equip motorists with the necessary knowledge to safe driving. Governor Obiano, pledged his total commitment towards ensuring that the project is realized on schedule, urging the investor to take off immediately with the signing of the MOU. Earlier, the Chairman of ANSIPPA and Traditional Ruler of Umuoji, Igwe Cyril Enweze, explained that the project seeks to promote road safety and reduce accidents and vehicular emissions, with the associated health and environmental implications. He also said that it will create direct and indirect jobs for the teeming youths in the state, as well as provide some kind of technology and expertise transfer, to the state transport sector as the vehicle Inspection Officers under the project will undergo training on the functionality of the testing system. On his part, the Chief Executive Officer of the Investing Company, Mr Segun Obayenda, extolled Governor Obiano’s genuine resolve to make life more meaningful for the people of the state which he noted is evident in his quick approval for the project and assured that they will deliver on schedule. In a vote of thanks the State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Chuma Mbonu, described the realization of the Memorandum Of Understanding as a milestone in the state transport sector, adding that the centres when fully operational, will strengthen the operations of the state Vehicle Inspection Officers and give more meaning to Governor Obiano’s vision for safety on the state roads.