Abuja taxi operators decry multiple taxation in FCT
Commercial drivers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the aegis of Abuja Painted Taxis, have decried multiple taxation of its members by Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), adding that they would not buy tickets from AMAC until the agency reverted to the official price of N100 instead of N200.
The President of the group, Comrade Shehu Shugaba Yar’adua, who made this condemnation, in an exclusive chat with the Daily Times, in Abuja, also observed that the agency had tinkered with the existing law, so as to exploit and subjugate his colleagues.
Yar’adua also frowned at the exorbitant price of the daily tickets in AMAC, arguing that other area councils, within the territory, were collecting N100 from commercial operators in their areas, while AMAC is compelling commercial drivers to pay N200 instead of the N100 official price of the ticket.
