Consider bicycle for transportation, FG urges Nigerians
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that it is considering the use of bicycles as an alternative means of commuting as it promotes a cleaner environment and a healthy lifestyle.
The Director, Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Musa Ibrahim, stated this at the one-day stakeholders sensitization meeting held in Abuja recently.
According to Ibrahim, the idea is to enhance and heighten the importance of cycling in Nigeria, as it will obviously lead to a drop in road crash incidences.
He noted that the stakeholder’s sensitization meeting is in consonance with World Bicycle Day, which is marked annually on June 3 through a United Nations General Assembly resolution.
In a statement on Thursday by the Director, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, Ibrahim said that World Bicycle Day recognises “the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle as a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport, fostering environmental stewardship and health,” hence the United Nations 2023 World Bicycle Day theme: ‘Riding Together for a Sustainable Future.
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