Zulum inspects 500 tricycles to ease Transportation in the city of Maiduguri

Transportation: Zulum inspects 500 tricycles to ease Transportation in the city of Maiduguri

Zulum prohibited entry of overlord heavy trucks.


Borno Governor, Prof Babagana Umara Zulum has on Sunday evening visited the state mechanical workshop to inspects the 500 Keke Napep he promised to supply to ease transportation.


Gov. Zulum had last year, in Maiduguri hosted operators of ‘Keke NAPEP’ during which he directed the procurement of 500 tricycles and 100 Toyota cars (Corolla LE) for subsidized allocations.


The Governor directed the state’s ministry of transport to liaise with various unions of the tricycle operators to agree on suitable and acceptable modalities for the allocation for 2,200 Keke NAPEP operators.




Also at the state mechanical workshop the Governor address issues of lorries damaging roads, where about 20 heavy carreer trucks where impounded for overloading, where the Governor made it clear the law will take it's course.


The Governor further added that, the VIO and the Borno state Traffic Management Agency (BOTMA) will continue to impound overloaded heavy trucks as it is against both the law.


The Governor announced the prohibited on entry of overlord heavy trucks into the city of Maiduguri.

He further said, over loading of heavy trucks is prohibited for safety of road maintainance, He noted that any trucks cut with overlord shall equally be prosecuted in accordance with the law.