Presidential Taskforce vows to finish unlawful taxation of truck drivers

By Sunday Oguntuyi, Osogbo

The Presidential Taskforce for the Heavy Responsibility and Haulage Transport Affiliation of Nigeria has warned state authorities businesses to desist from unlawful tax assortment from truck drivers on federal authorities highways

The presidential Taskforce additionally expressed readiness to deal with the incessant extortions of drivers by some authorities businesses in some components of the nation.

Southwest Coordinator of the affiliation, Mr Ayobami Makinde, who spoke to journalists at a press convention held in Osogbo on Thursday, the Osun State capital, defined that his members suffered a number of taxation, levies or charges on the federal freeway, describing it as appalling, harmful and worrisome pattern.

He lamented that the extortions have been occurring towards the subsisting regulation stipulating that vans ought to solely make funds at factors of loading and offloading.

Makinde defined additional that the duty drive has succeeded in working to safe Osun State towards the unlawful taxation from any authorities or non-public businesses by their unlawful personnel on the federal highways.

In line with him, “That is uncalled for as a result of the regulation and the latest presidential order stipulate that truck drivers ought to solely make funds on the factors of loading and offloading. As an alternative of accumulating cash on the stipulated factors, they arrive out to the federal highways extorting cash from drivers on duties.

“In Southwestern states together with Kwara, such unlawful follow could be very tormenting as a result of the affected persons are shedding 1000’s of cash within the course of. The drivers are extorted between N10,000 N18,000 and past on highways.”

“As we communicate, we’ve delivered Osun State from the act and we will take over the whole Southwest together with Kwara. Those that insist on persevering with in such an act shall face the wrath of the regulation.

He added that the actions of the duty drive is according to the structure of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria and the presidential order, urging the general public to inform the management of the Heavy Responsibility and Haulage Transport Affiliation of Nigeria through cellphone numbers bellow:

Ekiti: 08036896797

Ogun: 08038215896

Lagos: 08030823606

Ondo: 08053664615

Kwara: 08147308383

Osun: 08035822670