David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka
Tricycle operators in Awka North and South Native Authorities Areas of Anambra State underneath the aegis of Anambra Keke Drivers Discussion board (AKDF), yesterday inspected some street tasks of the state Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, within the space.
The operators, who had been mobilised by their Coordinator, Mr. Osita Obi, mentioned they had been glad with the continuing street building throughout the state by the governor, describing it as proof of accountability for his or her taxes.
There had been protest within the early days of Soludo’s administration by the operators, who accused the governor of high-handedness and oppressive tax regime. The matter was nevertheless later addressed.
Throughout yesterday’s inspection, the Coordinator of the discussion board, Obi, mentioned: “The essence of this inspection right now is for keke drivers to see what the governor is doing, and the place the tax they’re paying are deployed to.
“We reward the governor the place he’s doing properly and ask him to proceed. We additionally need extra Keke drivers to return into the federal government tax web, in order that the federal government would have more cash to embark on extra roads.
“This train just isn’t politically motivated. I’m not swayed by any political occasion, however completely dependent. I reward what is sweet and criticise what’s dangerous.
“That is my brain-child. I’m the sponsor, originator, financier and facilitator of this discussion board. I’m not a Keke driver, however I got here in as a rights activist after I noticed the heavy tax being imposed on this folks. We led a protest to the governor, and he listened and disbanded some teams that had been gathering unlawful tax from this folks.”
The tricyclists, who additionally spoke to journalists, praised the governor for the standard of roads, saying that there is no such thing as a higher strategy to marketing campaign than to indicate the Anambra folks his tasks.
