The Commissioner for Transport, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, said in Minna that the tricycles would complement 1, 000 recently distributed to operators in the state.
According to him, it is part of government’s effort to ban commercial motorcycle operators in Minna and it’s environ.
``There is no going back on the ban on commercial motorcyclists for that reason, we have placed orders for additional 592 tricycles worth N324 million.
``We just came back from an inspection tour of the Mahindra manufacturing company in India; they manufacture 300 tricycles per hour, ’’ Mohammed said.
He said the tricycle was durable, economical and easy to maintain because it used diesel.
He said that the final ban on commercial motorcycles would be decided as soon as the government took delivery of the tricycles in two months time.
The commissioner said they would be distributed to only members of the association of commercial motorcycles as was done when the government started the transport scheme.
He explained that members were expected to pay 4 per cent of N400,000, which was the cost of each tricycle, before collecting it.
Mohammed said that full payment by members of the association was expected within 18 months from the day of collection.
He advised members of the association to desist from patronising touts for the purchase of the tricycles.
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