The Coalition of Transport Unions and Associations has threatened to raise transport rates by 20% if the government does not remove some levies from the rise in fuel prices.
According to the group, the government should repeal the sanitation and pollution fee, as well as the energy sector levy, to relieve unneeded strain on drivers and other customers.
David Agboado, National Public Relations Officer for the Concerned Drivers Association, told Citi News that the group has set the government a two-week deadline to do the necessary.
“We started this some time ago in June 2021 when we wrote to the government, and it sent ministers to us. We deliberated, and we know that the price stabilization and recovery levy is no more working, the energy sector levy is no more working, the sanitation and pollution levy is no more working, and we have issued a statement to that effect, but we are not seeing anything, and we are giving the government two weeks to do something else we will increase fares by 20 percent.”
