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Lagos Assembly Orders LGs To Stop Extorting Dispatch Riders
- “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.
The Lagos House of Assembly has on Monday, ordered Local Government Councils to stop obtaining money from operators of courier and logistics services.
This followed a debate on the forceful obtainment of money from dispatch riders and delivery vehicles.
The Speaker of the house, 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 harassment and admitted that such acts were against the government’s policy on ease of doing business.
According to the speaker, “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.
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“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 Lagos Assembly directed the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to ensure that all extortionists are apprehended and prosecuted.
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