Starting on Tuesday March 17, 2020, KEKE NAPEP and Okada riders in Edo State shall be paying ten thousand Naira to tax office as registration to work in Edo State, by an order of Obaseki administration.

This new fee is different from the daily taxes that they already paying to the Edo State government.

This, it was gathered from sources, is in a bid to increase revenue generation for his administration apparently to pay off huge debts it has accumulated within three years with the help of his rubber stamp controversial House of Assembly.

The new extra ten thousand Naira tax is to commence under the guise of a so-called "registration and licensing of motorcycle and tricycle riders"

The tax increase will be effected across the 18 Local Government Areas (LGA) of the state. No part of Edo State will be exempt.

The Director of Transport, Ministry of Infrastructure, Engr. George Aghahowa, in a chat with journalists in Benin City recently, said the new scheme for commercial riders in the state has a benefit of up to N250, 000 Life Insurance, in case of death of any of the riders.

However, many riders that spoke to Okpodu Reporters on condition of anonymity, in Benin City, Uromi and Auchi, refused to accept that that isn't a bait to hoodwink Edo people against rising up in unison to challenge the new tax which looks like double taxation. Some of the riders in Auchi have vowed to resist the "trick to overtax riders" as they described it.

Aghahowa said the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), in collaboration with other public and private bodies, will be in charge of the new tax scheme.

Many riders argue that if the government really wanted to ensure security and safety but the new measure, and not tax increase or double taxation as some claim, "but why would the Tax Office be the authority in charge?"

With the new scheme, riders would need to pay heavily to get a Permit without which they cannot ride anywhere in Edo State.

According to Aghahowa, the scheme is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) meaning the government will contract parts of the operation to individuals in which case he would be going back to the days of empowering his cronies who would eventually celebrate one billion naira also.

The director noted that the riders permit comes with some benefits for the riders, adding, “They include the customised reflective jacket with a coded number and the date it was issued crested on it. The code comes with the personal information of the rider, which is required with the payment of the necessary fee of N10,000 that will be imputed into the system and will in turn generate a security number that will be tied to your personal information.


source: https://okpodureporters.com/obaseki-okada-keke/

This na wickedness

In addition to daily ticket they pay

I thought Obasiki na rocket science of economy

My only concern is the fact the government whether at state or federal level has got absolutely nothing to show all these Taxes

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Make okowa do the same thing abeg these people they cus nuisance for the road, they are always in a hurry acting James Bond film for road, wen dem scratch ur car dem go wan use beg kiiii person

N10,000...Is that not too much?

How much profits are they making when they must have spent majority on daily tickets