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Agencies In N’West Clamp Down On Unlicensed Motorcycle Operators

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Federal and State agencies in Northwest say they are taking measures towards ensuring that motorcycles without licence do not ply highways in their states.
Responding to newsmen’s survey on the menace of non-licensed motorcycles, officers incharge of the agencies said apart from boosting the revenue generation capacity of states, ensuring that motorcycles were licensed was desirable considering the security challenges in those states.
Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kaduna State Sector Command, Mr Hafiz Mohammed, said unlicensed motorcycles were not allowed to operate on any road in the country.
He stated that the Kaduna state government had set up a Joint Task Force in the three major towns of Kaduna, Kafanchan and Zaria, to check unlicenced motorcycles.
He said motorcycles found not to have been registered would be confiscated, to be released only when the needful had been done.
Sector Commander, FRSC in Kebbi State, Alhaji Yusuf Haruna, said his command was conducting routine sensitisation on the need for motorcycle owners to register same.
He said the enlightenment campaigns were being carried out in motor parks, mosques, churches, workplaces and transport terminals.
Haruna said that the campaigns were being conducted alongside routine patrols, to apprehend riders of unlicensed motorcycles, just as culprits were fined N10,000 for not doing the needful.
On his part, the Executive Chairman of Kebbi State Board of Internal Revenue Services, Alhaji Iliyasu Arzika-Jega, said they had intensified effort at ensuring that motorcycles were registered to boost internally generated revenue.
Sector Commander of FRSC in Zamfara State, Mr Iro Danladi, said concerted efforts were being made to check the use of motorcycles that had not been licenced.
He told The Tide source that apart from the revenue accruable from registering motorcycles, there was the security aspect in view of the current security challenges in the state and the Northwest geopolitical zone in general.
On its part, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Sokoto State said it had been apprehending persons riding motorcycles that had not been registered.
Sector Commander in the state, Mr Kaugama Kabo, said that average of 25 to 30 defaulters were being apprehended weekly.
Kabo however said that considering the population of motorcyclists in the state, there was need for collaboration with NSCDC, Police,Sokoto Marshals and the State Internal Revenue Service.
Sector Commander of the FRSC in Katsina State, Mr. Ali Tanimu, said the Corps was working in synergy with Katsina Board of Internal Revenue Service to ensure that commercial and non-commercial motor cycle operators obtained licences and other relevant documents.
He said the operators had been given up till June 1st, 2022, to comply or face the wrath of law.
In Kano State, the FRSC said it would commence special patrol to impound unlicensed and unregistered motorcycles in the state.

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Council Boss Impeached 48 Hours To LG Polls In Katsina

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The Chairman of Malumfashi Local Government Council of Katsina State, Maharazu Dayi, has been impeached.
Maharazu Dayi was impeached yesterday by 11 out of 12 councillors, barely two days before the local government elections in the State.
The councillors reportedly took action following allegations of misconduct and poor governance against the chairman after a dispute over the distribution of the council’s Paris Club funds.
The development has sent shock waves across the local government area, especially as the impeached chairman is among those who failed to secure the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the forthcoming election.

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Association Tasks Fubara On Rumuwoji Market Phase Three

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The Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association,  Mile 1, Port Harcourt, has urged the state government to utilise the available spaces within the area to build phase 3 of the Rumuwoji Market in order to solve the ever increasing needs of traders.
The association, which said this at a media briefing in Port Harcourt, also described as a welcomed development the decision by the state Governor to open the phase 2 of the market for business.
According to the association, “We consider it as an answer to the various cries of the people, because he is a man on a mission who is out to place the interest of Rivers people first. It is a dream come true for the first time for the market to be dully allocated and open for business”
Chairman of the association, Hon Godspower Wobo, who briefed the press shortly after a meeting of the association in Port Harcourt, also urged the public to disregard the activities of some persons whose stock in trade is to cause disaffection in the market.
He said the attention of the association was drawn to the activities of some strange fellows who went about misforming the people about situation in the market, stressing that apart from his association, no other group exists in the market except subdiary unions.
Wobo  also tasked the reallocation committee to tread with caution so as to avoid being deceived by any group.
According to him, time has come for the state government to engage in robust discussion with aggrieved shop owners who went to court and those who paid monies to the state coffers and issued with allocation certificates for the overall interest of peace.
He also advised the public to deal directly with his association, stressing that the meeting was to review activities for the last year as well as unveil their new Constitution.
Also speaking, former Chairman of the association, Deacon Kenneth Eze urged the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara to open the phase 2 of the market, as it is long overdue.
Eze who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the association also urged the public to do business with only the Rumuwoji Ultra Modern Market Traders Association as it is the only union recognised by the traders.

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AfDB President Denies 2027 Presidential Ambition

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The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has debunked reports linking him with the race for Nigeria’s presidency in 2027.
Reacting to the report on his X handle yesterday, following a recent interview with Arise TV, the AfDB boss said his quotes were misrepresented and misinterpreted in several Nigerian media reports.
However, the AfDB president denied the media reports, stating that he never said that he wanted to contest for President.
“A segment of my recent interview on @Arise TV has been both misinterpreted and misrepresented in several Nigerian media outlets. What I said was, “I will be available to serve in any capacity, globally, in Africa, anywhere, including my own country.”
“A listen to the substantive and robust interview, which is available online, will show this to be the case. For clarity and for the record, I did not say that I am running for the office of President of Nigeria,” Adesina said.

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