By Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni
Abuja – Mr Celestine Anere, the Anambra Chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) wants better synergy with Gov. Willie Obiano to curb the menace of touts and miscreants in the state’s transport sector.
Anere made this known in a statement issued by Mr Ben Ogbemudia, Special Adviser to RTEAN’s Executive President on Media and Publicity, on Thursday in Abuja.
The RTEAN chieftain congratulated Obiano on the recently-concluded general elections where All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) secured 26 seats out of 30 in Anambra.
He said that RTEAN as a trade union was responsible for the activities of all commercial vehicle employers in Nigeria.
Anere said that the association was willing to collaborate with the Anambra Government in achieving its aims in revenue collection.
He said with RTEAN fully in charge and with the support of the government, it would help to curb criminal activities across the state.
“RTEAN is ready to boost the revenue profile of the state with over N100 million monthly in the transport sector if the governor accedes to the request of partnering with RTEAN in eradicating touts and the cabals,’’ he said.
The RTEAN boss, therefore, called for an effective working relationship among the APGA national chairman, the lawmakers and Obiano who doubles as the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of APGA.
Anere noted that such relationship would fast-track the economic base of Anambra State.