By News Desk
Kogi State House of Assembly has frowned at the unabated abitirary arrest and outrageous fines been perpetrated by the men of the Kogi state Traffic Management Agency, KOTRAMA.
To this end the house has invited the Commissioner for Transportation, the Chairman of Kogi state Internal Revenue Service, the state Security Adviser and the General Manager of KOTRAMA to appear before it to clear themselves of the awful activities of the agency.
Sponsoring an oral motion of urgent public importance, the member representing Omala state constituency, Prince Hilarion collins Musa called on the house to intervene in the awful activities of the Kogi State Transport Management Agency ( KOTRAMA)
He stated that these awful activities included arbitrary arrest of motorists within Lokoja metropolis and enforcement of outrageous fines which has caused various forms of hardships to vehicle owners and transporters.
He stressed that these awful activities if not checkmated could heighten the sufferings of travellers during the yuletide season.
Supporting the motion, the member representing Igalamela/ Odolu state constituency, Cosmas Atabor noted that the KOTRAMA law was a duplication of duty as other agencies like Federal Road Safety and Vehicle Inspection Officer, VIO were already doing their jobs.
He said that as a result of these activities, several persons have sued the state government, and assembly wthin and outside the state questioning the power of the House to make punitive laws and advised that the law be looked into again to either repeal and re- enact, amend or to cancel it in its entirety.
Speaker of the House, Prince Matthew Kolawole drew the attention of the House to the fact that there were many other Federal and State agencies and bodies, asie the known ones collecting revenue from transporters whose activities should be checked and streamlined.
