NURTW Laments Illegal Motorpark Operations In PH

The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mile Three branch has said that the operations of illegal and unapproved motorparks in Port Harcourt metropolis does not only constitute traffic problems but is an embarrassment to the city.

Speaking to The Tide in a chat, the union’s secretary, Comrade Cyril Amadi, said that some individuals had decided to operate motor parks at unauthorized places.

Some of the illegal motor parks, according to him, include the Emenike Bus-stop, Ikoku, the RSUST Roundabout area and the Mechanic Shed axis.

He said that the culture of impunity seems to be at play, as these illegal park operators go on with this business without molestation nor resistance, adding that their activities have impacted negatively on the traffic situation in the city, as well as reduced the revenue generation that the council make from their motor park.

Cyril opined that there were laid down procedure for operating a motor park, pointing out that the operators of these illegal parks are not members of NURTW nor recognized by industrial transport union and wandered why they should be allowed to run such illegal parks.

The union’s scribe therefore called on the Rivers State government as well as the Port Harcourt Council to wade into the matter, and stop the operators from turning some of these bus-stops to a motor park.

According to him, “if this trend is not put to a check, it means that in the near future, there will be more traffic problems, as more illegal parks will emerge.”

Corlins Walter