Business
Petty Traders Take Over PH Motor Park
Following the heavy
presence of bush market women and other petty traders at the Mile Three Motor park, some drivers at the park have expressed worry over the encroachment.
Some of the drivers have alleged that the space provided for parking of vehicles and for leading and off-leading of passengers has been taken over by these traders.
One of the transporters who spoke to The Tide on condition of anonymity explained that the Mile Three motor park in Port Harcourt has in recent time been tuned to a market for petty traders and bush-market women.
He claimed that money is being collected from these traders by some officers of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at the expense of space for transport business operations.
Another drivers, populary known as ‘Jipolo’ alleged that the traders have now gained ground at the motor park, to the extent that they can confront the drivers.
He said “motor park is meant for transport business, but what we are seeing now is that these traders have carried their goods plantain, Maize, Pepper, garri and other item to covered spaces meant for leading of passengers.
A visit to the Mile Three Park has revealed that most of the areas have been taken over by traders of all sorts, and the waste left by these traders has added to reduce the environmental cleaningness of park.
Some officers of the Motor park have been accused of enriching themselves with the money collected from these traders at the expense of transporters.
As at the time of filing this report, the deputy chairman of the park who is the accounting officer of park could not be reached due to his busy schedules.
Corlins Walter