Politics
Enugu Govt Dissolves All Commercial Tricycle Taskforces
Enugu State Government has dissolved all taskforces of commercial tricycle, popularly known as keke, till further notice in the state.
The Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Transport, Mr Ogbonna Idike, announced this on Saturday in Enugu after a meeting with the executives and members of the commercial tricycle union in the state.
The meeting was invoked by the ministry on the sidelines of the peaceful protest held by some members of the tricycle union on Friday over harassment and extortion by tricycle taskforce members operating within Enugu metropolis.
Idike said that dissolution affected both legally and illegally constituted taskforces for tricycle operators, adding that the dissolution was with immediate effect.
The permanent secretary lambasted the tricycle operators for not officially reporting the matter to the ministry on time as the ministry’s offices remained open for the public and road stakeholders, especially drivers/riders.
According to him, the ministry before now was not aware of this negative and inhuman development.
“Henceforth, the state government, through the ministry, will streamline and sanction all transport union taskforces to conform to best practices and standards as well as ensure that hoodlums and thugs do not hijack such exercises.
“First, the union must apply and get the approval of the ministry; while those to carry out the taskforce duty will be well known and well profiled with numbered reflective aprons, identification cards and they must be properly dressed.
“All taskforce members must be duly trained by the ministry on how to carry out their duties in the most courteous manner that will not disturb public peace but attract commendation due to discipline and professionalism in carrying out such duties.
“The ministry will also clearly specify what an offence is and the attendant fine and penalty of such an offence. It will not be arbitrary or outright extortion again,” he said.
Idike said that the ministry officials and traffic officers work during public holidays and weekends to ensure that traffic control and issues between drivers, union members and other road users are quickly sorted out.
“The ministry is here to promote and ensure that Gov. Peter Mbah’s target of making that the state becomes a more productive and prosperous state for all will be achieved,” he added.
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