The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Rivers State says, it has concluded plans with some relevant authorities to close down all illegal motor parks in Port Harcourt and its environs.
Chairman of the union in the State, Comrade Dumo Kalango disclosed this last Tuesday in a chat with The Tide in Port Harcourt.
He said, the union has already marked out the illegal motor parks and that the union is only waiting for the approval of government to set up taskforce that will carry out the assignment.
The union’s chairman, who lauded Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for giving the state capital a new look said the union would not allow any person or group under the union to deface the city.
According to him, most of the traffic jams in Port Harcourt today were caused by illegal motor parks along the roads, saying that Governor Wike has done a lot in terms of roads construction and rehabilitation to ensure free flow of traffic in the state.
He challenged any person that would attribute traffic jam to bad road to come and prove it, noting that almost all the roads in the state were fixed for smooth transportation.
Kalango said, the only problems to the members of the union was the Federal Government road, especially within Oyigbo axis of the state.
He said the number of broken down vehicles as a result of bad roads have reduced to the bearest minimum.
Kalango opined that Port Harcourt and its environs would soon turn to Abuja, if the government authorities support the union to rid the city of illgal parks for motorists.

Enoch Epelle