Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Tricycle operators in Anambra State have petitioned the State House of Assembly, asking the lawmakers to save their members from multiple levies being imposed on them by the state government.
The operators lament that multiple tax collectors continue to claim
they were acting on behalf of the government, despite a directive from Governor
Chukwuma Soludo that specified a fixed amount to be paid by the tricycle
operators.
The petition was mentioned during a sitting of the Anambra State
House Committee on Public Petitions at the conference hall of the legislative
complex in Awka.
Mr Chidozie Okafor, chairman of the tricycle riders, said they had
written to the Commissioner for Transport, but expressed disappointment that no
action was taken to address their plight.
Therefore, they are asking the lawmakers to come to their aid.
Okafor explained that each tricycle rider is required to pay at
least N2,400 to unauthorised individuals who pose as government agents. In
addition, they still paid the official fee of N2,000 weekly, as approved by the
governor.
The secretary of the Keke riders, Comrade Johnson Eze, claimed that
even when they report the illegal collectors (commonly referred to as touts) to
the government’s anti-tout agency, the suspects manage to return to the streets
within a day, leaving the riders feeling helpless and vulnerable.
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