Union of Tipper and Quarry Employers of Nigeria says it is against plans by the Lagos State Government to introduce multiple haulage charge

  

     Aliu Mayungbe, the Acting National Chairman of the union, disclosed the position of the union at a media briefing in Lagos, saying that the state Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development recently attempted to impose haulage levies on trucks moving sands from dredging sites, even as he described the plan as unlawful and a disincentive to businesses in the state.

   According to the union chairman, members of the association had been paying the said charge to government regularly through the Ministry of Transportation.

Mayungbe further noted that the union maintains a position of neutrality and refuse to be entangled in the payment dispute between the government and the Dredgers Association of Nigeria.

   Meanwhile, Batare Akpomejero, President, Dredgers Association of Nigeria, said that a judgement of Federal High Court had restrained the state from seeking to control commercial activities of dredgers.