Lagos govt speaks on clampdown on Uber, denies demanding N110,000 operational fee
Lagos State Government has refuted rumours making the rounds that it is clamping down on Uber operators.The news started trending shortly after theHowever, Lagos government says Uber owners have resorted to blackmail by attempting to discredit Vehicle Inspection Service officials to gain public sympathy.
“The allegation by Uber Operators, especially on social media, that the State Government was demanding for N110,000 operational licence fees from their members before they could operate in the State is totally untrue, unsubstantiated, unreasonable and a ploy to win public sympathy”, it noted. It stated that in the last three weeks, the VIS has apprehended close to 1,000 vehicles for various offences, ranging from non-possession of valid drivers’ licence to driving with expired vehicle particulars. Twenty Uber vehicles are among those impounded.
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