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FG Constitutes Committee To Tackle Multiple Taxation In Maritime

by Ejike Ejike
9 months ago
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The federal government has constituted a five-man joint ministerial committee comprising the Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy and the Federal Ministry of Transportation with a charge to mediate, address and proffer remedies to challenges faced by the Association of Maritime Truck Owners.
This was revealed by assistant director of press, Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy/Transportation, Mahammad Zakari after the meeting between the two ministries and a delegation comprised of the National Executive of the Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) and the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) at the ministry in Abuja.

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The members of the committee are: permanent secretary of Marine and Blue Economy, Oloruntola Olufemi as chairman and his counterpart of the Federal Ministry of Transportation, Adeleye Adeoye as co-chairman.

Also, the director, Legal Services, Pius Oteh is the secretary while the director, Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Musa Ibrahim and director, Maritime Services, Babatunde Sule are members.

At the meeting, the minister of Transportation, Sen. Sai’d Alkali explained that the meeting and constitution of the joint committee became imperative following correspondence from the unions on their intent to embark on a nationwide strike due to unabated destruction of trucks, brutalisation of truck drivers, illegal tariffs, amongst others by associations and groups and urged AMATO and NARTO to give room for dialogue.

He identified the crucial role the association plays in the affairs of the country, stating that transportation is the gateway of the nation’s economy.

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On her part, a member of the Board of Trustees (BOT), AMATO, Folake Soji-George while presenting the union’s position stated that challenges faced by the association informed the unanimous decision of maritime trucking Stakeholders to withdraw it’s services to press home their demand.

She disclosed that the maritime trucking community has for a protracted period been bedevilled with scourge of unabated destruction of its assets (trucks) brutalisation of its drivers by a certain group which according to her has made operations become unbearable.

Also, the executive secretary of NARTO, Aloga Ogbogo said the body has highlighted the excessive towing practices by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and also raised concerns of increasing intimidation, harassment, brutalisation and killings of truck drivers.

He stressed that these atrocities have become unbearable, negatively impacting their businesses and has hindered transporters from renewing their fleets, as their income is directly tied to turnaround time.


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