Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State has been speaking about how his administration made over N800m in revenue from commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada from January till date.
Akeredolu said the money was realized from sales of tickets to the Okada riders across the 18 local government areas.
Akeredolu, who was represented by his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, spoke at the 2022 raffle draw ceremony for commercial motorcycle riders in the state.
He said revenue from sale of ticket from Okada riders was about N4.8m annually when he came on board.
His words: “In 2018, we were able to generate N350million. In 2019, the state generated over N538million, 2020 (with the COVID-19 pandemic), we were able to get over N660million. In 2021 we made over N750million.
“This led to the invitation of commercial motorcycle riders to this hall last year where they were gifted various items ranging from gas cylinder to different sizes of generating sets to appreciate their commitment.
“The collection from January to date is over N800million on their account. This is indeed a noticeable and remarkable feat. It is in the light of the foregoing that we decided to give back to our riders in seven local government areas for a job well done within the course of the year.”
Items given out were 165 bags of rice; 100 cartons of indomie noodles; 53 bags of semovita; 100 gallons of groundnut oil; eight standing fans; 2000 customized ball pen; a star prize of motorcycle TVS plus HLX with free insurance, free number plate, free one-year license and renewal of driver’s license.
Chairman of the Ondo Internal Revenue Service, Tolu Adegbie, said the seven local government areas generated high revenue.
Credit: thenationonlineng.net
