Angry commercial bus drivers and Keke riders are currently protesting in Enugu metropolis.According to the protesting communters , they are tired of haressments by officials of the State Ministry of Transport (MoT).
A bus driver who identified himself as Mr. Chibuzo Agu, alleged that the
MoT officials, often time impound their buses for unjustifiable reasons.
He further accused the Ministry of intimidating their members and subjecting them to untold hardship.
“They will not designate appropriate bus stop so we can carry passengers and when you want to use your discretion to pick up passengers their fierce looking agents would pounce on you like hawks”, Mr. Ago said.
“We are tired of intimidations. If the State Government doesn’t want us to operate again they should just tell us. How can you be using ‘Government official’ stunt to collect arbitrary charges from us”, said a Keke rider, who identified himself as Mr. Ugochukwu Ndubuisi.
Meanwhile, efforts to speak to the officials of both the protesting transports and the Ministry of Transports, as at the time of filling this report proved abortive.
…we shall keep you abreast of this developing story.