ENG0701:
I doubt there is a 2017 car that cost less than 3.5m especially with the current exchange rate. This seems more like a strategy to reduce the number of drivers on these apps.

PrudencyFeats:
All na just to extort money from drivers. If all states of the federation choose to enforce same, it means no driver would enter mowe through Lagos-Ibadan or Onitsha to Asaba.

They should just forget it and allow these drivers to drive in peace.

louso:
Y shld a App/Org come to our country/state without bin properly licensed and not taxed? R they not making money here? Can they try that abroad?

Lagos state is very right. There should be regulations. Anybody cant come from nowhere and start operating like it is their right. Do u know what it takes to open a business entity abroad?

amoduokoh:
Car requirement : 2017 and above

Coldie:

True now. Imagine saying for u to be a driver in Lagos u must have Lagos State driving institute card. That means if every state decides to enact this law, before u travel from Lagos to bornu u will have over 15 cards in ur possession

louso:
Y shld a App/Org come to our country/state without bin properly licensed and not taxed? R they not making money here? Can they try that abroad?

Lagos state is very right. There should be regulations. Anybody cant come from nowhere and start operating like it is their right. Do u know what it takes to open a business entity abroad?

Acidosis:


Just don't complain when Uber or Bolt tells you to pay N5000 for a 1 hour trip.

You people should keep running your mouth. Government don't give a fck about you, that's why the regulation is all about them, how much they want as taxes, 10% service fee on all trips, licensing fee, annual renewal of licenses, etc. It's all about them, not you the consumer who seems to know too much on how to protect a corrupt and useless government.

0taPiaPia:
If I understand this story very well, "someone in the cabinet is proposing an app" I hope it's not mycab cause they brought government attention to this platforms. Now the gov haven't said anything in favour of the said drivers but only taxation.

Acidosis:


At the end of the day, a bulk of the tax burden will bounce back on the consumer As soon as you tax them, expect transportation cost on Uber and Bolt platforms to double.

Every serious Taxicab operator will joyfully pay the licensing fee. Can't say the same for the consumer.

okadoo:



You voted for them. So enjoy it while it last.

sylve11:
What's the difference between Uber and a guy with a car that can easily gets called up whenever his services is needed to go drop or pick somebody up, and still gets paid?
......
Life in Nigeria is not easy. Those in power do not know this, because, they have enough to dwell on.

EngrXrix:



let me help out with what this means. uber and bolt might not comply (esp uber an international coy) and might force them out of biz which will lead to the govt rolling out their own cab hailing services kitted with all the accessories.

Coldie:

The system is feasible. Paying 10m every year, minust rent minust tax minus other expenses minus police problem, the system they Are agitating for would flop

Coldie:

They pay tax though, even Facebook and Google Nigeria pay tax, maybe the government thinks they are not paying enough.

Even if they pay tax the demands they Are asking for is too much, I read up like 5permits from different organization as part of the requirements, the worst of it they said all cars must be 2017 and above. I don't get it

Openbusiness:

THE SYSTEM IS NOT FEASIBLE because UBER or TAXIFY

DO NOT OWN THE CARS.
Have you driven your car on Uber or Taxify before? I have. It was hell. I pulled out straight before they turn car to coffin for me. I was better off selling my car at a loss and moving on than using it for Uber. Then they now want to introduce an evil policy that is totally destructive to the car owner. From Bariga to general hospital Ikeja, around 1am, I took Taxify, the final price 1K when he ended d trip, car with full a/c and comfort. But one time I was stranded in a commercial avenue Maryland bus stop around 1am too thereabouts, no bus again, I had to opt for kabukabu taxi, dat is the dilapidated type of yellow taxi. Las las na N1,500 I pay to Bariga. No a/c, seat torn and smelly with bedbugs. Yet it is the same Uber and Taxify this agbero government want to choke to death

Coldie:

Na just very foolish law. They are trying to kill off the etransport system.

The recruitments are very stupid

BigBashiru:


Its that spiritual curse upon Nigeria that makes them to always be enacting the wrong policies - it also explains why Nigeria is bedevilled by so many problems....

RTSC:

This is ignorant.
The disposable income in London alone is bigger than Nigeria as a whole.

uuzba:

The etrnansport was supposed to be operated under the rader.
The OWNER of the car should do the driving with confidence.
And he carries the passengers as if it is his friends he's carrying.
Then no VIO, or road safety can stop you, ask for papers or discover that it is business you are doing.

Instead, Nigerians went and gave their car to a house-boy looking driver.
The houseboy, then carries passengers who sit in the BACK SEAT.
This then makes him really look like a houseboy.
He then compounds the issue by holding the steering LIKE A HOUSEBOY, instead of like a bigboy.

Any VIO, or road safety that see the car approaching from a distance will know that:
1. This guy driving is a driver (houseboy)
2. That car is not his own.
3. He must be employed by somebody else.
4. He's carrying a passenger.
5. Let's stop him and collect money.
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By the time you start trying to prove that you don't have money, VIO and co, take the matter up to Lagos state... as they've just done,
and kukuma FINE the whole company UBER and BOLT.
Your runs done spoil now.

femmy2010:


Isnt that why our licensing fee is greatly lowered?

N5,000,000 for those with 1000 drivers translate to N5,000 yearly as licensing fee for each Uber driver.
I do not think that is too much sir.

sylve11:
What's the difference between Uber and a guy with a car that can easily gets called up whenever his services is needed to go drop or pick somebody up, and still gets paid?


Has Uber not been paying taxes to the government before?

Seems the government isn't tired of some vices going on in Lagos.

For every company driven away, over 10 good guys becomes bad guys who are ready to cause havoc and see it as a norm, just to ensure they survive.

Little things the government turns away from, are the little things that are causing massive problems all over the country.


Life in Nigeria is not easy. Those in power do not know this, because, they have enough to dwell on.

telim:

From your post seems you are real. Sent you some token. The two initial alphabets of my names are Um mo ha

Openbusiness:
How many passengers have died using Uber and Taxify? But Danfos that kills passengers with their reckless driving and dead dilapidated moving coffins of a bus killing Lagosians every other week HAVE NOT been regulated. Life doesn't matter, na money matters ~ "Lagos State Agbero Government"

bouquilee:
I think it's time for apc to pack their loads, it's getting out of hand already

OralB:
This a survey.
Do you still enjoy OralB like before?