Gov Mbah scraps N750 daily ticket fee for Enugu tricycle operators, extends work hours
Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah has abolished the N750 daily ticketing fee tricycle operators pay in the state and extended their operating hours from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Mr Mbah announced this on Saturday during a “One Million March Rally” organised by the Tricycle Riders Association of Nigeria, Enugu State Chapter, and transport unions at Okpara Square, Enugu.
The governor also disclosed that tricycle operators would continue to use the state’s modern transport terminals free of charge.
He said the decisions were part of his administration’s efforts to reduce the financial burden on tricycle operators, improve their livelihoods and increase their disposable incomes.
According to him, tricycle operators, whom he described as “engine
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