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OYO: Ban on transport union stands, Makinde warns illegal task collectors
The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said that the ban on activities of transport unions in the state was still in place.
He warned that anyone caught issuing receipts and collecting money at the parks will be seriously dealt with according to the law.
Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Raphael Afonja, made this comment while representing the governor on inspection to motor parks in Ibadan metropolis.
He noted that some individuals were still issuing out tickets to motorists on behalf of the government, describing the act as extortion.
Afonja warned against activities of illegal tax collectors issuing out fake tickets to commercial motorists at motor parks and purporting to do so on behalf of government, saying that the proscription on union activities in the State was still place.
He explained that the state government was working out modalities to put things in shape as regards the status of transport union in the state so as to make life easy for motorists and everyone, hence sale of tickets to motorists by anyone at the moment was illegal and should be stopped forthwith as anyone found flouting the laws will be sanctioned.
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“We have gotten various information from all angles and every corner of the State of some unscrupulous individuals that are issuing receipts to motorists at motor parks and claiming to represent government or any transport union.
“I wish to restate the stand of the State governor on this. The ban on activities of transport union is still in place and anyone caught issuing receipts and collecting money at the parks will be seriously dealt with according to the law.
“The action of the government is for the benefit of the people of the State that have been the direct recipients of the activities of illicit activities at our parks and how it has been affecting smooth transportation of people and goods across the State.
“We call on the people to immediately inform security personnel close to them whenever they find anyone collecting money under any guise at the park. That is extortion and we will not allow it.”
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