Some of the mandates include, ensuring that only government approved tickets are sold, fishing out miscreants printing and selling fake tickets, ensuring that tricycle operators comply with the Abia State commercial color, fishing out the criminal elements in the business among others.
Performing the oath of office on the taskforce team at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Secretariat complex, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Elder Okechukwu Aguwa, charged the tricycle monitoring and enforcement team to take the job seriously and make judicious use of the office to put an end to the alleged criminal activities perpetrated by Keke operators.
He said the State government under the leadership of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu is keen in sanitizing the transport system and to beef up security in the State, and urged the enforcement team to eschew violence and work within the armbit of the law.
Also speaking, the representatives of the Commissioner of Police, CSP Akputa Chinwe, the Military, Lt.NG Kebbe, and the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr. Dominic Chukwuma, all charged the team not to use the platform to outwit defaulters or cause chaos on the road but rather treat them with humane face and void brandishing of harmful objects in the course of their duty and advised that they should not take laws into their hands.
They urged them to report any defaulter to the nearest security operative and assured them of their collaborative protection and support.
Earlier, the ASATOA Chairman, Umuahia zone, Comrade Nduka Awomukwu, had introduced the team as ASATOA members appointed to carry out monitoring and enforcement duties as agreed by the Association and inline with the government directives to eradicate criminal activities in the transport system.
He pointed out that the team will be identified with two major separate uniform colours of red and navy blue, noting that the ones on red jacket with be the taskforce group whereas the other group on navy blue jacket will work as their leaders or supervisors.
Awomukwu, therefore, assured the team that the association will always protect their interest as long they work in accordance to the rules and regulations and solicits the support of the State government with a view that the team will deliver.
Speaking on behalf of the monitoring team, Mr. Chimeremeze Anyanwu, expressed appreciation on the level of confidence reposed in them to carryout such task and promised that they would not compromise in the discharge of their duties.
Present during the inauguration were Directors, Heads of Departments of the Ministry of Transport and Executives of ASATOA.
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport, Elder O.C Aguwa admonishing ASATOA Taskforce team.
