Corps member donates 100 helmets to commercial cyclists Okorite Isokariari gave drivers 1000 bins SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 - 6:22AM | BY VALERIE ANOFOCHI Okorite Isokariari, a corps member in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun, on Saturday, donated 100 safety helmets to commercial motorcyclists in Osogbo. Isokariari said that the donation was borne out of the danger and risk associated with the business. He observed that many commercial motorcyclists in the state capital rode without using safety helmets, adding that the lack of funds was responsible for their inability to purchase them. He urged well-meaning Nigerians to donate more helmets to assist financially handicapped commercial motorcyclists. Isokariari, with NYSC number OS/10c/0382 and attached to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Osogbo, said that the gesture was part of his Community Development Service. The corps member also distributed 100 trash bins to commercial minibus drivers as a way of keeping the state capital clean. He urged the beneficiaries to keep the bins in their vehicles. In his remark, the state Chairman of Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, Gbenga Ajenifuja, commended the initiative of the corps member and urged the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the helmets. FRSC Zonal Commander, Albert Moore, urged all motorcycle riders to always wear safety helmets. Moore, who was represented at the occasion by the Zonal Head of Motor Vehicle Administration, Cecilia Alao, said that the directive was for the benefit of the users. Some of the beneficiaries commended the corps member for his gesture. Nurudeen Alatise, a beneficiary, urged the officials of the local government to always remember the less privileged in their area. Another beneficiary, Suleiman Omotoso, expressed appreciation for the kind gesture, describing the donation as an answer to his prayer. Omotosho, an orphan, admitted that it was against traffic rule to ride motorcycle without a helmet, but said that his lean financial purse prevented him from purchasing one. He promised to always make use of it whenever he rode his motorcycle.