OGSG Reiterates Reduction In Transport Levies,Douse Tension At Mowe Axis.

 OGSG Reiterates Reduction In Transport Levies,Douse Tension At Mowe Axis.

Towards ensuring ease of doing business in the road transport sector for relief of the harsdsip experienced as a result of the dwindling economy of the country, The Dapo Abiodun led Administration in Ogun State has again  reiterated it's commitment and  intervention by  reducing the cost of levies imposed on drivers of commercial mini buses popularly known as 'Korope'  plying Mowe- Ibafo -Arepo - Magboro routes by the transport Unions in the axis. 

Recall that  a peaceful protest was embarked upon by the aggrieved drivers in Abeokuta on Tuesday,24th of September,over multiple transport levies, and to which as reported in the Punch of Friday, 27th of September, was resolved by the State Government after much deliberations. 

 At the early hours of yesterday, the Honourable Commissioner For Transportation Engr Dairo Olugbenga and his team was informed by the representative of the mini bus drivers, Mr Abiodun Owolabi, of the distortion  of the resolutions  made and agreed upon between the State Government  and a tier of the Union, on the reduction of  transport levies .

Responding, The Honourable Commissioner For Transportation in  the State, Engr Dairo Olugbenga, The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation Hon. Adebiyi Abiodun and The State Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, Alhaji Akibu Titilayo ( Efele ) reminded the Union of  the resolutions agreed upon after the initial protest of the agrieved drivers.

" We have agreed  that a single tickets of five hundred naira per day as being collected by the established motor garages be sustained ,   immediate stoppage of marking and  Marker fee collection from Ogun State Vehicles, Piecing a single ticket into multiples can aid fraudulent act and must be stop immediately, and vandalisation of vehicles is prohibited". Engr Dairo recoined. 

Speaking earlier , the park manager OGSPAM  who identified himself as Mr Simple, explained that  yesterday's tension was as a result of communication gap  on the part of the  Union who is on  duty for this week and to which has been filled immediately,with  confirmation that sanity has been restored, he also said that there are three established motor garages in the routes with proper records of passengers and loaded vehicles on daily basis.