Sierra Leone’s Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, Dr. Turad Senesie, has on  Tuesday March 28, 2023 during an outreach meeting held at the Head Office of the Sierra Leone Commercial Motor Bikes Riders Union at Up Gun in Freetown, disclosed that, President Bio is working assiduously towards the establishment of a Micro-City.

The said Micro-city will be inhabited by the current crop of Commercial Motorbikes and Tricycle Riders – Okada and Kekeh Riders respectively, adding that, they were close to the heart of the President, who values their struggles and partnership in national development.

“We have secured and properly planned plots of State Land to be allocated to Okada/Kekeh Riders through the land raffle model as a first step towards the establishment of an Okada/Kekeh Micro-City,”

The Minister maintained that the State will ensure the identified community is well demarcated and planned with all basic social amenities including roads, schools, hospital and recreational centres for the benefit of Sierra Leoneans.

He called on the riders to register in their numbers to participate in the most transparent, fair and credible raffle that will make them become land owners in Sierra Leone as this is the time for the riders to benefit from the national cake after successfully giving lands to the security sector, medical practitioners, teachers/lecturers, journalists, civil servants and more through the land raffle model.

The National President of the Sierra Leone Commercial Motor Bikes Riders Union Mr. Umaru Talie Bah and his entire executive praised the Minister for this initiative while thanking the President for considering them as partners in development. They promised to make good use of this opportunity and to always be responsibly in maintaining the peace of the this country.