In a bid to end extortion and double taxation on vehicles, the Ministry of Transportation, has announced its readiness to partner Joint Mobile Sanitation Agency of Nigeria (JOMSAN), in a bid to sanitise the system.
The Director, Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Mrs Esther Ehigie who represented the Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki gave the assurance when the leadership of JOMSAN paid a courtesy visit to the ministry.
She disclosed that the ministry is currently working on a transformation program that will help address issues of multiple taxation especially on vehicles transporting food products on federal highways.
“The issues are not new, the ministry has been bombarded many times with complaints. Around November, some people who are victims of extortion came here to complain. It’s something the ministry is looking into.
“I want to let us know that the ministry is really working on it. Similar proposals have been coming in on how to curb the extortion on Federal Highways.
“There’s need for regulations. The minister is very concerned about this and other issues.
“The minister is coming up with a transformation program because the road subsector, as you know is very important because it carries over 90 per cent of our movements.
“Currently, work is ongoing on different aspect to come out with a road transportation program which will look into all these issues you have raised.” Saraki said
She however, appealed to all the stakeholders in the sector to partner in the fight to ensure that motorists conveying food products across the country do that without fear of extortion and multiple taxation.
