Tricycle operators, the Anambra Keke Drivers Forum, have lamented the continuous alleged multiple taxation, extortion, harassment and intimidation being perpetrated against them by both state and non-state actors, including touts and illegal revenue collectors.
They appealed to the state governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, to address the challenges of illegal revenue collectors and revenue touts, noting that the situation has posed additional hardship on them.
Speaking to journalists in Awka on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Anambra Keke Drivers Forum, Ifeanyi Okafor, noted that despite the establishment of the Anambra State Anti-Touting Agency (SASA), to curb the activities of illegal revenue collectors, the revenue touts have continued to operate freely at parks, loading points, and along major roads across the state.
Okafor alleged that the touts collect between N400 to N1,000 daily from tricycle operators in addition to official loading fees.
He lamented that despite the governor’s earlier assurance that tricycle operators would not be required to make any additional payments after paying their statutory taxes, they are still being compelled to pay numerous levies imposed by both government agencies and non-state actors.
