Commercial drivers in Ibadan, on Monday protested against extortion from park managers.
They alledged that they pay about N600 daily as ticket fee which is against the N200 stipulated by the Oyo State Government under the new Park Management System arrangement.
In a Facebook live video, the drivers stated that they are going to resist the request for money aside from the N200 that they are mandated to pay by the state government.
One of them who did not mention his name said: “We are not going to give anybody above the N200 we are asked to pay by the state government. Because what the park managers are doing is totally different from their mandate. We are all aware that NURTW is still under proscription, so we don’t know where the money they collected in excess is going.
“We are totally against this arrangement and we want the state government to take necessary action to address this issue as we are no longer going to give anyone more than N200 and we know it won’t augur well with those collecting the money and this may lead to arguments and eventual fight,” he concluded.
Recall that the Oyo State government had recently put in place a Park Management System to manage the affairs of commercial transportation in the state, which it said was targeted at increasing the internally generated revenue of the state.
