Abia State News Special Report
ABHA INTERVENES, AS TRICYCLE OPERATORS UMUAHIA ZONE PROTESTS IMPOSITION OF MULTIPLE LEVIES (PICTURE/VIDEO)
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Afnews Editor
Jul 01, 2019
The Amalgamated Tricycles Operators Association Umuahia Zone
on Monday July 1st 2019, embarked on a peaceful protest to the Abia
House of Assembly to lay their complaint over what they termed as multiple
levies and victimization of its members by Umuahia North LGA officials, TIMAAS
and thugs.
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While laying his complaint before members of Abia State
House of Assembly who came out in their numbers to listen to the Keke operators,
the leader of the group Mr. Okechukwu Ijebuonwu explained that they were at the
Assembly with a broken heart to plead with the Lawmakers to come to their
rescue as they have been subjected to all form of payments, brutalization and
victimization.
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Mr. Ijebuonwu further stated that what the government
approved of them to be paying initially was the sum of #150, but was surprise
to notice that the members upon the payment of the approved levy, were forced
to make other unapproved payments by the Umuahia North L.G.A, stressing that
this ugly incident has not gone down well with its members as they have since become
object of victimization by the authorities.
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He called on the Speaker Abia House of Assembly and the
Members to urgently intervene in what he described as broad day robbery and
extortion which the members could not carter for as some of their Tricycles are
on higher purchase.
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Responding on behalf of the members, the Speaker Abia House
of Assembly Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji condemned the act and warned that the House
will no longer tolerate such act anymore, stressing that the members cannot sit
back and watch the people being intimidated for no just cause.
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The Speaker however told members of the Tricycle operators to
stop paying money to individuals, and advised them to always pay into
designated government IGR accounts.
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He reminded them that the House had passed a law that all
government money must go directly to government accounts, maintaining that the
era of making government payments to individuals are over.
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The Speaker went further to intervene in the matter by inviting Umuahia North LGA Chairmen for an emergence meeting tomorrow with other parties involved. The meeting is scheduled to hold from 8am to 9am Tuesday, July 2nd 2019.
