Benue news
Heavy duty truck drivers block major highway in protest against illegal tax collectors
No fewer than 70 heavy duty truck drivers on Wednesday blocked the Ugbema -Gboko Road to protest alleged imposition of taxes and intimidation by illegal tax collectors.
The situation made commuters to suffer hectic time at Ugbema as security agencies battled in vain to appease the protesters.
They carried placards bearing various inscriptions like “Governor Ortom rescue us from the hands of illegal agents of government”,
“We are not slaves”,
” We want to take care of our business without interference” and “Respect Court judgements.”
The protesters said the government was yet to address their grievances despite various appeals, correspondences and visitations to decision-makers.
They claimed that drivers with six cubic tippers and 12 cubic tippers were respectively taxed N100 and N200 daily during the tenure of former Governor Gabriel Suswam but the current administration allegedly taxed them N800 and N1500 per trip of laterite, gravel, sands or stones.
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