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The Ogun State Area of Meeting has ordered an instantaneous halt to the issuance of unlawful tickets at quarries around the state over allegations of extortion and legal intimidation of truck drivers.
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The Area directed that drivers within the haulage industry, together with the ones conveying sand, gravel and granite, must pay handiest harmonised tickets authorized by way of the Ministry of Finance, the Interior Income Provider and recognised associations.
The directive adopted a petition by way of the Union of Tipper Providers and Quarry Employers of Nigeria (UTSQEN), which complained of extortion, the forceful issuance of unlawful tickets, double taxation and the illegal seizure of vans by way of toll creditors at quarry websites.
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The verdict was once taken on Tuesday at a gathering of the Meeting’s joint Committee on Business, Business and Investments and Transportation, chaired by way of Hon. Oluseun Adesanya and Hon. Wasiu Ayodele, on the Meeting Complicated, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.
The Committee warned brokers issuing unauthorised tickets to desist straight away and ordered the deployment of a job power to all quarry websites to put into effect compliance pending the realization of the investigation.
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It additionally summoned the everlasting secretaries of the ministries of Business, Business and Funding, Transportation and Atmosphere, in addition to a senior director from the Ministry of Finance, to look earlier than it on Tuesday, October 20, for additional investigation into the legality of tickets being issued at quarries.
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