Chairman of Etsako East local government area of Edo State, Hon Benedicta Attoh, has expressed the determination of the council to ease the movement of goods and services and shore up its internally-generated revenue (IGR) through a well-coordinated transportation system.
The council boss in a statement made available to newsmen through her chief press secretary, Benjamin Atu, called on stakeholders in the transport sector such as Keke Napep dealers, shuttle bus operators and owners, sales outlets and others to explore the vast opportunities in Agenebode as a virgin land for the industry.
She said, “This is an open invitation for dealers of all kinds of Keke Napep and small buses for a shuttle to come to the local government headquarters to secure their place for the sales of their mobility due to the viable market for Keke Napep and shuttle buses that our administration is opening up currently.”
“We are introducing keke Napep and shuttle buses as a major means of transportation and the market is an open-ended opportunity for everyone with a multiplier effect in job creation and economic revival of various communities. The College of Agriculture and Marines will soon be open and students will need stable means of transportation.”
According to her, “I have held series of meetings with various communities and everyone wants Keke NAPEP as a dominant means of transportation with their willingness to purchase them but lamented the absence of sales outlets in Agenebode, Okpella, and North Ivie areas which are key to internal communal movement.”
Attoh added that her primary focus is to reinvigorate the transportation sector in the local government and create job opportunity for youths in the locality.
