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Senate working to reposition transport sector

Saraki disclosed this when the National Executive Committee of the RTEAN, led by its National President, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq visited him in Abuja.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

Saraki disclosed this when the National Executive Committee of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), led by its National President, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq visited him in Abuja.

The Senate President who was decorated as the Grand Patron of the association by Sadiq, stated that the National Assembly, under his leadership, will spare no effort to ensure that the transport sector is working effectively.

According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, Saraki said:

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“In the Senate already, our main focus is to see how we can encourage more private sector participation in the transport sector and that is why we have about six different bills in the transportation sector.”

“They include the Transport Commission Bill, Federal Roads Authority Bill, Roads Fund Bill, Ports and Harbour Bill and the Railway Bill. All these are meant to improve the Transport sector and help businesses in the country.

“We still believe that we can provide the enabling environment that will make the price of new vehicles almost the same as some of the second hand cars that are being imported to check the idea where vehicles that have been condemned in other parts of the world are brought here.”

He also called on the warring factions within RTEAN to sheathe their swords and work together to provide better services to Nigerians even as he promised to intervene to see that peace returns to the union.

“I want to appeal to the two factions of your association to come together under one umbrella. I think it is very important,” he said.

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“I made a special exception in seeing your association today because generally we have a procedure here that we do not see one faction or the other. But we will try and encourage you to come together.

“I hope by the next time you will be here you will come as one united body. We will play our own role in ensuring that that happens because we know that keeping your association going keeps the transport sector going, provide better opportunities in jobs and ease the burdens in travel for our people,” he added.

The Senate President also thanked the leadership of the union for making him the Grand Patron of the association.

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