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Desist from blocking government roads for your “Owanbe” – Oyo Government

By Online Editor February 22, 2020 11 0

Oyo State Government has warned event planners, owners of event centres, religious centres and club owners to desist from indiscriminate closure of public roads to prevent gridlocks around them. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi said this when he led a special operations team to commence enforcement against […]Read More...

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Gov. Makinde Reviews Levies on Okada Riders to N100

By Online Editor February 20, 2020 7 0

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has ordered the reduction in the daily levies charge on the commercial motorcyclists and tricyclists in the state from two hundred to hundred naira. The state government had earlier imposed a daily levy of two hundred naira on all commercial motorcyclists and tricyclists. However, the state’s Commissioner for Public […]Read More...

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OYRTMA: Operate Illegal Parks, Go to Jail

By Online Editor February 17, 2020 16 0

Oyo State Government says it will prosecute any individual found culpable of running parallel and illegal parks in the state. A statement issued by the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Dr Akin Fagbemi in Ibadan also expresses government’s resolve to impound any vehicle found within premises of such illegal parks.  Dr Read More...

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Oyo Govt Scraps NURTW, Inaugurates Motor Park Managers

By Online Editor February 17, 2020 35 0

The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has inaugurated the newly appointed Motor Park Managers to oversee the affairs of motor parks in the 33 Local Government Areas of the state. Inaugurating the Motor Park Managers and its disciplinary committee on behalf of the Governor, the State Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation, Professor […]Read More...

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Oyo Govt. Reads the Riot Act to NURTW Leaders

By Online Editor February 17, 2020 23 0

The Oyo State Government has warned some leaders of the suspended National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state to desist from carrying out the threats of violence issued in a video, which has gone viral in the social media. A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure, Professor Raphael […]Read More...

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International Flights Commence After Weather Improvement

By Online Editor February 16, 2020 11 0

International flights have started landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos following the improvement in the weather conditions. For over two weeks all international flights were diverting to Accra, Ghana due to inclement weather in Lagos. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika who confirmed the resumption of international flights to that Airport in a Read More...

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Managers will be appointed to oversee motor parks – Oyo Govt.

By Online Editor February 15, 2020 32 0

Oyo State Government says it will appoint motor park managers throughout the 33 local government areas of the state to collect revenue and remit it into the state account through a consultant. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner for Public Works, Infrastructure and Transportation, Professor Raphael Afonja, while briefing newsmen on the government’s plan […]Read More...

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Lagos Okada Ban: Checking Influx into Neighbouring States

By Online Editor February 13, 2020 12 0

There is a need for collaboration between relevant agencies and policymakers in the transport sector to control the possible migration of commercial motorcyclists and tricyclists to neighbouring states, following the ban of their operations in Lagos State.  A cross-section of people, who spoke with Radio Nigeria in Abeokuta, Ogun State, said if not properly checked, […]Read More...

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Osun State Govt. Earmarks 5.2Billion for Road Construction

By Online Editor February 11, 2020 20 0

Osun State Government is to construct over 54 kilometers of road across the three Senatorial Districts of the state. This was announced after the State Executive Council weekly meeting. Announcing the council decision, the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode said the construction would cost 5.2 billion naira. Mrs Egbemode Read More...

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Those who burnt OYRTMA’s Vehicle will be prosecuted – Oyo Govt.

By Online Editor February 10, 2020 30 0

Oyo State Government has vowed to prosecute those culpable of burning down the operational vehicle of the Oyo State Road, Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA) at Akinyele, Ibadan last Friday to serve as a deterrent to others  The chairman of OYRTMA, Dr. Akin Fagbemi stated this when he received the traditional ruler of the community and […]Read More...