Transportation

Oyo Govt Mulls Interim Committee for Park Management System

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By Iyabo Adebisi

In a bid to find lasting solution to the crises rocking park management system PMS, Oyo State Government is to set up an interim committee to oversee the management of the transportation system in the state. 

This was unanimously agreed upon by warring factions in the transport unions in the state at a town hall meeting organised by Oyo State Government to reposition PMS for good governance and sustainable development held at the House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan. 

Reading the communiqué, the Director Public Works Transport, Olatunde Olasunkanmi said the chairman of the committee would be appointed by the Governor, and would be a technocrat in transport planning and management, and would be impartial.

The communiqué indicates that members are to be drawn from various verified transport operative groups. 

It reads in parts “Government representative from various of works and Transport; Land, Housing and Urban Development; Justice; Environment and Water Resources; Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters; Finance; Security Operatives; State Transport Management Mgency” make use of branch leaders (probably at zonal levels)

“Collection of revenue should be handled by the committee through staff appointed by the committee. Office should be created within the state secretariat of the committee for its operation”

“Test run the system for three months and prepares operational report for the government”

“Government through the committee should profile all operators in the state. The committee should take census of all streets to avoid public disturbance”

“Government should have a succession plan for PMS operation in the state. Government should provide good security apparatus for the operations of the committee”

Earlier, the representative of the Oyo Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, who is the deputy, Commissioner of Police, Akinade Adejobi read riot act to members on illegal possession of arms. 

The CP therefore urged PMS members in possession of arms to submit them to the police or face the full wrath of law. 

The gathering had crops of representative of Oyo State Government, Transport related agencies, civil servants, transport operators, groups, civil organizations, community leaders etc, including Deputy National Chairman, People’s Democratic Party, PDP South West, Alhaji Taofeek Arapaja.

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Transportation

Oyo Govt. Dissolves PMS Disciplinary Committee

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By Iyabo Adebisi

The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has ordered the dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee, Park Management System headed by Alhaji Mukaila Auxiliary.

The newly appointed Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, who disclosed this in a statement today, Friday May 29, 2023, said the dissolution is with immediate effect.

The statement reads, “I have the directive of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde to inform you of the dissolution of the Disciplinary Committee, Park Management System with immediate effect from today, Monday, 29th May, 2023”.

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Transportation

Makinde Reconciles Members of PMS, NURTW Factions

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has reconciled members of the Park Management System (PMS) and some factions of the National Union of Road Transport Workers,(NURTW) operating in the State.
The governor, while speaking  at a reconciliation meeting held at his Ikolaba residence where some members of the proscribed NURTW, led by Alhaji Bola Ajisafe, voluntarily joined the PMS,  charged members of the drivers’ unions to shun violence and bloodshed.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa quotes the governor as saying that the development marks the beginning of a new dawn in the transportation sector of the state.
Governor Makinde maintained that his administration  decided to establish PMS to further integrate the resources of the state, adding that what ever resources generated in the state must be for the benefits of the people.

He added that the economy of the state is improving tremendously and he is ready to accommodate anybody that is willing to play positive roles.
The statement admonishes stakeholders in the  transportation sector to be law abiding in their businesses. The governor recounted various assistance he had rendered to the Office of the then NURTW, adding that the era of chaotic transition of power within the fold of Transporters in the state has gone for ever. 
He, however, sued for peaceful coexistent among their members and their leaders.
“Why did we come up with the PMS initiative? When it used to be NURTW, you guys will be working seriously and fighting with yourselves here while some who are in Abuja will be getting all the money you are making here. “Yes, that was the major reason. Let us take charge of our own economy.
 “Whatever we are generating should stay with us here. “We cannot continue to allow those at the federal continue to enslave us.
“Fundamentally, we need to be controlling our resources here because we have the control.
“We are investing a lot of money on our bus terminals because we know Ibadan is a nodal city. “And if we want to organise ourselves, we have to take care of the sector. When we have more people passing through the terminals, it means it will generate even more money.

 “Let me say it once again that there is no political ambition of any politician that warrants bloodshed. It is not worth it. . 
Earlier,the state Commander Amotekun Corps, Colonel Olayinka Olayanju Rtd, said the state would soon inaugurate a disciplinary committee that would deal decisively with any member of the transport unions that disturb the peace of Oyo state.

In their various reactions, the Chairman of the State Park Management System, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, and Leader of the NURTW, Alhaji Bola Ajisafe, agreed to work together in peace and harmony in PMS for the progress of the state.
Iyabo Adebisi

Transportation

Oyo Govt. To Digitize Revenue Collection From Commercial Vehicles

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Oyo state government is set to commence a technologically driven revenue remittance system for collection of levy from commercial vehicles, tricycles and motorbikes in the state to enhance its new Park Management System.

Indication to this emerged at a training organised for revenue agents by the state board of Internal Revenue in partnership with the Ministry of Works and Transportation held in Ibadan. 

Director of  the Project, Mrs. Mosun Obembe said an electronically generated ticket would be issued to commercial drivers and riders on daily basis to ensure levies collected were remitted into the state confers so as to boost the revenue of the state. 

Mrs. Obembe said the agents would work with the park managers and other stakeholders to ensure a seamless process and orderliness in the system 

In a reaction, representative of the Commissioner for Works and Transportation, Mr. Bolaji Oyekanmi while maintaining that the Park Management System initiative was rebranding in the transportation sector, He cautioned illegal revenue collectors to desist from the act or face the full wrath of the law 

Some of the participants at the training expressed confidence that the system would help to harmonize revenue collections from commercial riders and drivers in the state.

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