Why 300 vehicles to boost road transport will come in batches – RTEAN


The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bimfirst  Multiventures limited, Alhaji Kamorudeen Omiwale has explained why the 300 vehicles purchased by the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) to boost road transportation will come in batches.

Kamorudeen in an interview said the vehicles would come in 300s every three months until the 6000  vehicles are fully supplied.

Alhaji Kamorudeen said the total number of the vehicles was N124 billion of which the federal government stand in as guarantor through the Bank of Industry (BOI). 

According to him, the federal government was in partnership with RTEAN to supply the 300 buses and Hundred Helix was based on public trust the company has earned over the years.

The Bimfirst Multi ventures Managing Director said he had been in the business close to two decades hence the public trust the company has earned.

“We have been in this business for a long time. We have done business with some Governors in the East, National Assembly, we supplied the vehicles to the House of Representatives members, some reputable companies too. 

“All this earned us the trust that led to this. Thank God for where we are, we will continue to do our best for the interest of the country,” he said. 

Also, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha represented by the Permanent Secretary in his office, Olusegun Kolawole, the National President of RTEAN, Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo described the Bimfirst Multi ventures as a trusted company hence the partnership.

The duo therefore urged the MD/CEO Alhaji Kamorudeen Omiwale to keep the trust going as the sky remains their limit.