Former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Femi Bamisile at the weekend flagged off free petrol distribution to commercial motorcycle operators, as part of efforts to bail them out of the present economic hardship. Flagging off the programme in Ado Ekiti at Reference Point Petrol Station in Adebayo, Bamisile said the measure was in compliance with the cardinal objectives of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, which places high premium on the poor masses. No fewer than 200 motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders benefitted from the gesture, which was part of the mobilisation drives towards the 2018 governorship poll. The ex-speaker appealed to the commercial bike operators to resist attempt by anybody or group to sabotage the programme. Bamisile, who has declared his intention for the 2018 gubernatorial seat on the platform of the APC, said the exercise would be done on every first Friday of every month. He said the programme, which would be a continuous one, was part of the series of programmes lined up to shore up the party’s popularity in the state and to cushion the effects of the hard-biting economic recession on the populace. He said: “You would all agree with me that many of these okada riders are graduates, but circumstance of life make them what they are. So, they deserved attention. We have to create enabling environment that will make them ply their trade without difficulty. “APC under President Buhari has a blueprint that is entirely centred on the masses. Our party is masses-oriented and we have to display this in our deeds and that was what we are doing. We will continue to give them supports and ensure that an average youth does not see crime as a way of life. “But we beg them not to allow anybody to use them to sabotage this programme. It was meant to make lives more meaningful to them and reduce poverty in the system,” Bamisile stated. He assured that the APC will unveil and begin to implement series of programmes and schemes for other groups, like the market men and women, widows, people with disabilities, unemployed youths, among others before the end of the year. (ThisDayLive)

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