COUNCIL CHAIRMAN, OYEGBOLA-SODIPO REDIRECTS, URGES MOTORISTS, TRYCYCLISTS, OKADA RIDERS TO COLLECT YEAR 2025 HACKNEY PERMIT
The Executive Chairman; Abeokuta North Local Government Akomoje, Hon. Lanre Oyegbola-Sodipo today Tuesday 31st of December, 2024 has directed that Motorists, Trycyclists and Okada Riders operating within the geographical Area of the Local Government can proceed to obtain the permit now following extensive engagements that seen the approved contractor satisfies the required terms and conditions which has led to an increase of over 100% in the revenue to accrue from the sales of the hackney permit to the Local Government as against previous years.
If you could remember in December 11, 2024 a News Release emanated from the Local Government read that: the Motorists and the contemporaries of road users should desist to collect any Hackney Permit sticker from any contractor which was observed by the LG that the one seen around was considered “Fake” because it fell short of expectations and was not approved by the management of the council.
The message previously read thus: “This is to inform the motorcycle riders and other drivers that these individuals selling this fake and unauthorized hackney permits are not agents or contractors of the local government that the local government authority has not printed 2025 Hackney Permit and is not selling any hackney permit for now”, the News Release stated.
The Executive Chairman, Abeokuta North Local Government Akomoje, Hon. Oyegbola-Sodipo today Tuesday, 31st of December hereby directs all the road users within the Local Government Area who engage in required transportation business to now obtain their 2025 hackney permit from the authorized contractor.
He reiterated that the Revenue Monitoring Team (RMT) has been statutorily inaugurated in the LG to be on the lookout to oversee the originality of the Hackney Permit sticker and other related Revenues collection point and sources with a view to increasing the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the council and warned any abettor to stay clear of attempts to alter the structure of the Hackney Sticker and all revenue receipts of the LG or be ready to face the wrought of the law.