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Assembly passes motion to regulate dispatch services
The Akwa Ibom House of Assembly has passed a resolution aimed to ensure effective regulation of dispatch riding services.
The house passed the resolution on Wednesday following a motion by Mr Ukpong Akpabio, the member representing Essien Udim constituency.
The motion is titled: “The Need to Comprehensively Enforce Industry Regulations and Guidelines on Unregistered Dispatch Riders in Akwa Ibom State.”
It directed the state Ministry of Transport to comprehensively review the operational guidelines regulating dispatch riding services.
Akpabio said that there was an urgent need to strictly enforce regulations governing dispatch riding operations in Akwa Ibom.
According to him, there are issues of insecurity, revenue leakages, and unfair competition, arising from the activities of unregistered operators.
In another motion, Mr Kenim Onofiok, the member representing Oron/Udung Uko, called for immediate intervention on an erosion site at Oron area of the state.
Resolving on the motion, the house directed the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources to immediately declare a state of emergency on the erosion site.
The assembly called for immediate mobilisation of contractors to undertake emergency shoreline stabilisation and drainage systems in the area.
The Speaker, Mr Udeme Otong, directed the Clerk, Mrs NsikakAbasi Orok, to communicate the resolutions to the relevant authorities for immediate action.
