The Lagos House of Assembly, on Monday, ordered Local Government Councils to stop extorting operators of courier and logistics services.


This followed a debate on the forceful obtainment of money from dispatch riders and delivery vehicles.

The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa stressed that area councils have no powers to impose tax or levy on companies.

Obasa said the power of the councils was limited to registration of motorcycles and tricycles as dictated by the Nigerian constitution.

He condemned the cases of harrasment, and admitted that such acts were against government’s policy on ease of doing business.

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“We have to make them understand that going out to disturb organised businesses that create employment for our youths and graduates is not good at all.

“The services of courier services reduce poverty in the state. How much do they even charge? Local governments have nothing to do with the registration of motorcycles and tricycles.

“Operators of courier and logistics services should not be made to pay in all the local governments considering what they charge for their services”, Obasa warned.

The House told local government councils to be aware of their limitations and desist from using touts and street urchins to collect illegal revenues.

The Lagos Assembly directed the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to ensure that all extortionists are apprehended and prosecuted.

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Hope they include LASTMA and LCC too, because I have seen them stoping dispatch riders too.

The assembly has no power to dictate to local councils.

That is the terrible nature of Lagos and the retrogressive "owo mi da" system it runs. They want to obtain everything they can lay their hands on. You can't even take it upon yourself as a concerned citizen to fix a bad road in your neighbourhood without first giving the contract to the chairman of the area and then settling other chairmen and omoniles as well. Men that will not lift a finger themselves to do anything about the same bad road they pass through everyday.

destructive mentalities.

booblacain:
That is the terrible nature of Lagos and the system it runs. They want to obtain everything they can lay their hands on.

And they are doing virtually next to nothing with it! Go to Eti Osa at Igbo Efon where the Health center is it is always water logged.

Different uniform men on the road in a confused country

Police, lasma, local gov, frsc, vio, bbc, fox...

What a confused nation.

Other countries, all they have is POLICE for all things traffic

Funny country

Good on paper
Implement am make we see
The Police is involved in the collection
LASMA has theirs
The strong unknown man in the locality has his own
LG crew has theirs as well

Very useless councils in Lagos

nairavsdollars:
Very useless councils in Lagos

Obalende LCDA one of them, bad road even infront of council office and vehicles are parked on the roads.

Some set of illegitimate people will just come out and be disturbing others carrying out their legitimate businesses...whats even the rationale.