Ondo Generates N900m from Tickets Sales to Motorcycle, Tricycle Operators

Fidelis David in Akure

Ondo State Government, yesterday, said the state had generated the sum of N900 million as revenue from ticket sales to motorcycle and tricycle operators in the state between January and November 2023.

It, therefore, projected over N1 billion by end of December.

Chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), Mr Tolu Adegbie, stated these at the occasion of the 2023 raffle draw ceremony for commercial motorcycle and tricycle operators in the state at the Revenue House, Alagbaka, Akure, where they were gifted various items ranging from motorcycle, bags of rice, among other items to appreciate their commitment.

Specifically, he noted that the record showed that the state recorded a revenue shortfall compared to 2022 when it generated N1 billion between January and November, attributing the decline to naira scarcity experienced from the beginning of year, and removal of fuel subsidy among others.

His words: “N900 million has been generated compared to this time last year. I mean from January to November we’ve generated about N900 million.

“Meanwhile, this time last year, January to November, we had done N1 billion. This is for both motorcycle and tricycles but the bulk of it is from motorcycles.

“For the tricycle, they are doing roughly about  N250 – N350 million, which is not much. That is why we are giving out more gifts to the Motorcyclists. We’ve charged the tricycle owners, even though they are fewer in number, to increase their performance.”

Adegbie, however, expressed optimism that by the end of December, the revenue generated from motorcycle and tricycle owners would cross N1 billion.

In his address, the Acting Governor of the State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, represented by the Special Adviser to the state Governor on Transportation, Tobi Ogunleye, assured the operators of his administration’s commitment in creating the enabling environment for their operations within the state.

Earlier, the Special adviser on Special Duty and Strategy, Doyin Odebowale, revealed that when the present government came on board, commercial motorcyclists collection in the state was about N400,000 in a month and N4.8million in a year,  but in 2018, Akeredolu’s administration was able to generate N350 million.