Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo
The Osun State Government on Wednesday sensitised transport operators, car house owners, drivers, riders and different stakeholders on the state’s Integrated Transport, Traffic and Park Management System Law, 2026, with emphasis on lowering a number of taxation, curbing unlawful collections and bettering street security.
The sensitisation programme, organised by the state Ministry of Transportation, introduced collectively transport union leaders, park managers, business car operators, authorities officers and different stakeholders to clarify the provisions of the legislation and their obligations below the brand new transport administration framework.
Addressing individuals, the Accounting Officer for the Ministry of Transport Osun State, Olumide Taiwo, mentioned the legislation was designed to determine a extra organised, clear and technology-driven transport system, including that the engagement would assist operators perceive each their obligations and the protections accessible to them.
“The purpose of this sensitisation is therefore not simply to announce a new law. It is to ensure that the people who will work with the law every day — drivers, riders, vehicle owners, transport associations, park managers and other stakeholders — understand its provisions, their responsibilities and, equally importantly, the protections and benefits available to them,” the Permanent Secretary mentioned.
He defined that the brand new framework gives for the registration and identification of business operators and autos, using accredited parks and loading factors, correct show of quantity plates, roadworthiness checks and improved site visitors administration.
The legislation additionally gives for using know-how, together with digital identification, QR and NFC credentials, digital cost data, cameras and Automatic Number Plate Recognition methods, to assist verification and enforcement.
The ministry mentioned the Daily Operation Levy can be linked to verified business operations, with the goal of distinguishing between days autos function commercially and days they continue to be inactive. The framework can also be supposed to scale back arbitrary assessments and a number of collections.
Also talking, the Acting Chairman of the Osun Internal Revenue Service, Solanke Hamzat, mentioned the reform aligned with efforts to make tax administration less complicated and extra clear whereas addressing a number of taxation.
“If you look at the 2025 NTA, that’s the Nigerian Tax Act, Tax Administration, you’ll see that what we are trying to do is to bring tax to be more open, transparent, and eradicate multiple taxation. So simplicity is the key word,” Hamzat mentioned.
He mentioned the brand new system would additionally assist the federal government cut back income leakages by stopping ticket duplication and different irregularities related to income assortment.
“Almost all the collections, the revenue of the government, go directly into government coffers. That’s number one. It will block all leakages, people duplicating tickets and all kinds of antics that people play in terms of collecting government revenue,” he mentioned.
Hamzat added that digital cost data and official receipts would assist shield transport operators from repeated calls for for cost after that they had fulfilled their obligations.
“Once you have paid and you have your digital receipt, nobody can come and harass you again and say, ‘Bring money,’ and all these touts that harass people on the road will now be eradicated,” he mentioned.
On the implementation timeline, Hamzat mentioned the legislation was already in impact and required business car operators to register inside 60 days of the governor signing it into legislation.
“The law is already in effect because in one of the provisions of the law it says that sixty days from the time the governor signs this law into an Act, all road users who are operating commercial vehicles must be duly registered. So it’s already counting,” he mentioned.
