Multiple taxation: Lagos assembly to review transportation law

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday said it will review laws guiding transportation in the state.

The review, it said, was to address multiple taxation by transport unions.

Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, stated this in a remark following a motion on extortion of commercial drivers by transport unions and the death of two street sweepers during plenary yesterday.

He also frowned at the alleged recklessness of some motorists operating in the state and raised concerns over the activities of some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).

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The assembly summoned the Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Oluwaseun Osiyemi, and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa, to give explanations on the incessant recklessness of drivers and the roles played by LASTMA officials.

Also invited, among others, is the General Manager of LASTMA, Bolaji Oreagba.

The speaker said, “This alleged extortion affects our people generally and looking at the economic condition of the country, we need to intervene. We must be able to define the paths that these unionists have to tread so that they do not make life unbearable for the people.

“At every bus stop, they collect money causing traffic snare. In the end, the man making the payment would go home with nothing and to avoid this, he has to put the weight on the commuters.”