The Committee Chairman, Bauchi Taskforce on illegal motor parks and traders, Air Commodore Tijjani Baba Gamawa (rtd) has vowed never to allow an illegal business of commercial motorcyclists, trading on major highways to thrive in the state.
Baba Gamawa who made this known during a press briefing in his office on Tuesday warned that the the task force will not relent in arresting road traffic offenders in the state.
Gamawa who is also the Chairman of the Bauchi State Road Traffic Agency (BAROTA) said that the recent law banning commercial motorcycle business in the state remained intact, adding that so far, it has arrested over 100 violators for illegal parking and picking of passers outside parks.
“The other issue that I want the press to know is that the issue of Acaba ban in Bauchi State remains, there is no Acaba in Bauchi State”, Baba Gamawa said.
According to him, “I want to bring to the notice of everybody, to the notice of the people of Bauchi that, that law is still there and we are going to enforce it immediately, they should know that the law is still there, we have not forgotten it”.
Gamawa who observed that some tricycle operators are in the habit of carrying spare drivers, noted that the agency will not tolerate such attitude, adding that only one driver is allowed for tricycle operators.
“If you notice it you will see that they carry two spare drivers. As a result of that we have noticed a lot insecurity in the state, so henceforth, from today, anybody with tricycle carrying a spare driver will have his tricycle impounded and get arrested for violating the law”, he warned.
Baba Gamawa raised alarm that a lot of people have been coming to Bauchi from neighbouring states with tricycle where most of them are not registered to enable the government know who is coming in or out of the state, warning them to register or face the full wrath of the law.
The BAROTA Chairman who said that the measures are being taken by government to guarantee the security of the good people of Bauchi, noted that the government does not want a situation where some people will come and bring insecurity into the state.
He said that since inception few months ago, the agency has generated revenue to the coffers of the government amounting to over N4 million.
Gamawa who further explained that the Committee for enforcement of ban on illegal motor parks in the State have yielded tremendous results, said in the past three months, they have succeeded in moving all the illegal motor parks to the designated areas approved by the government.
He said the enforcement committee has also succeeded in curtailing the activities of commercial drivers that are fun of alighting and picking up of passengers on the way by restricting them to designated motor parks.
According to Baba Gamawa, the enforcement committee has been able to sanitize the system which has, in turn, improve the security situation of the state.
