By Abba Gwale
Tricycle operators and KAROTA have reached an agreement to end the three days warning strike after Nigerian Labour Congress waded into the debacle.
Recall that the Kano State tricycle operators embarked on a three days warning strike in protest of the N100 daily tax imposed by the Kano State Government.
Part of the agreement is that tricycle riders will pay one hundred Naira levy daily and the former method of paying yearly or six month will not be applied, members will now pay daily and can pay yearly at their own free will.
Having reached an amicable resolution to end the strike, the NLC State Chairman, Comrade Kabiru Ado Minjibir, said all Tricycles riders are to pay a token of N100 daily tax as provided by the State Revenue Board Laws.
The first payment of N100 should be done through REMITA to enable data capture in Kano Revenue Board/KARATO Cyber, which will be done within two weeks effective from today 23rd of February 2021.
Kabiru Ado Minjibir said after the first payment of N100 through REMITA, subsequent payments for tricycles can be done through their smartphones or POS on an option of daily payment, monthly, quarterly or yearly.
He said they have already contacted hire purchase owners to assist the tricycles riders in the provision of additional REMITA points to enable members to make payment with ease.
The State Managing Director of the State Road Agency, Baffa Babba Danagundi said the government has accepted the resolution and are ready to work with it.
