By Muhammad Bashir
Dutse – The Coordinator Road Taxes of the Jigawa Board of Internal Revenue,Alhaji Salisu Sani, said commercial drivers that failed to adopt the newly introduced passenger manifest would be prosecuted.
Sani told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Sunday that there was low compliance by commercial drivers to the manifest policy recently introduced by the state government.
“To avoid prosecution commercial drivers should immediately comply and begin to use the new passengers manifest.
“Any driver that failed to comply will have himself to blame for whatever action we may take against him.
“This is because the policy was introduced to ensure safety and security of passengers and goods,’’ Sani said.
He said that the policy was introduced to get accurate data on passengers movement in various motor parks in the state.
“This manifest was introduced to ease identification of all passengers by security agencies in case of accidents or other emergency situations because important information on passengers and drivers are recorded in the manifest.
“It will also enable us to fish out drivers who picked passengers by the roadside and also curb theft and robbery,” he noted.
The coordinator added that the manifest was also introduced to boost the Internally Generated Revenue of the state.
He advised passengers to always patronize recognized motor parks and ensure they fill the manifest for their safety.