MONROVIA – Over 230,000 motorcyclists and tricycle operators in the country have endorsed the Presidential bid of Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai at an elaborate ceremony Thursday June 15 in Paynesville.
The President -General of the Union, Mr. John A.F. Kenyor who introduced the officials of the Union and coordinators from the fifteen Counties to the Unity Party Standard Bearer told JNB that the battle is not his, but the battle is for them the Federation of Tricycle and Motorcycle Union of Liberia and that the Unions will make sure he is elected president of Liberia.
The President -General told the crowd that the decision is about the nation and not about individuals because according to the President -General of the Federation of Motorcycle and Tricycle Unions of Liberia “Liberia will rise again.”
He pointed out that motorcyclists will no longer be exploited for the selfish ambitions of politicians and that they will no longer be blind loyalists to selfish individuals and political institutions because they have in the past exhibited a wrong way of leading people.
The President -General went on to emphasize that his Union will be on the campaign team of the Unity Party and call on the party to recognize all the Union’s Coordinators in the fifteen counties to attain maximum political dividends ahead of the October 10 polls.
Speaking at the occasion Thursday, the Former Vice President and Standard Bearer of the Unity Party Ambassador Joseph Nyuma Boakai said that we as a people must recognize the value of people and praised the over 230,000 motorcycle and tricycle Union members for their immense services they are rendering the people and country especially in the absence of a reliable transportation system in the country.
The Former Vice President lamented the unbelievable and dangerous conditions transporting critically sick people at night.
JNB told the Union that they will be on the right side of history when it is written, because the leadership of the Union refused to be induced by money or vehicles.
According to JNB, that is what we referred to as putting country above personal interest.
He told the Union that because of the level of organization that has been attained by the Union, they can now speak with one voice.
JNB expressed happiness with the level of inclusion of women in the Union administration.
While the ceremony was in progress the Standard Bearer was joined by the Senator Jeremiah Koung, Vice Standard Bearer of the Unity Party who also spoke to the Union Officials and recognized some of his classmates in the gathering.
The occasion was attended by the Chair of the Unity Party, Rev. Dr. Luther Tarpeh, the force behind the Union and a corps of JNB advisers and support staff. Press Release
That picture looks like 23 persons plus Unity Party. How did we go from 23 to 230,000 persons?