Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu hails the Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) riders for their contribution to the economy of Ondo state.

Represented Ng his Deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa at the 2022 Raffle Draw Ceremony for Okada Riders in Ondo state, the governor thanked them for their compliance with regulations throughout the year.

“From the records presented, I am delighted to see the level of high compliance of Commercial Motorcycle (Okada) riders go biting their daily tickets and contributing their quota to the development of Ondo Stars with an improved collection rate,” he said.

The governor revealed that the state made over N800 Million from the Okada Riders in 2022 compared to the N750 million made in 2021.

“When we came on board in 2017, Okada collection in the State was about Four Hundred Thousand Naira in a month (N4.8Million in a year), in 2018, we were able to generate N350 Million, in 2019, the State generated over N538 Million, 2020 (with the COVID-19 pandemic), we were able to get over N660 Million, in the year 2021, we made over N750 Million”.

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“Here comes 2022 again, the collection from January to date is over Eight Hundred Million Naira (N800 Million), on their account… this is true, a noticeable and remarkable feat”, the Governor said.

The state then decided to reward the motorcycle riders for their outstanding civic responsibility performance in the State giving out many items including 165 bags of Rice, 109 cartons of noodles, and 100 gallons of Groundnut oil, among others.