The Nigeria Automobile and Technicians
Association (NACA), Kebbi State chapter, says it has spent over N6 million in
settling owners of stolen vehicles parts from various members’ workshops across
the state.
The Association, which expressed displeasure over its inability
to secure a permanent land for mechanic village, also noted that they had lost
many opportunities at the national level due to lack of befitting central
workshop for its members.
Chairman of NACA in the state, Engr. Abubakar Garba Sani, who
stated this, on Wednesday, while briefing journalists during a press conference
in Birnin-Kebbi also disclosed that they suspended their strike billed for
Thursday, as a result of the intervention of the deputy Governor of Kebi
State,Col. Samaila Yombe Dabai.
In the words of Sani, “We have been making frantic efforts to
draw the attention of government to provide our members with a mechanic village
like what is obtain in other states. We have also been subjected to humiliation
by the security operatives many a times over stolen car parts in our various
places but if our members are provided with a mechanic village theft and
trespass will be curtail government will even find it easier to collect tax .
” We have paid over N6 million settling owners of stolen items
from our members workshops across 21 local governments of our state. If we have
central workshop, that is,mechanics village,it would be difficult for thieves
to temper with our customers vehicles ” , he said.
The Chairman added that the association has over 68,000 members
across the 21 local government areas of the state which if allowed to go on
strike could cripple free movement of vehicles in the state.
He appealed to members of NACA to sheath their sword and allow
the outcome of the intervention of the state deputy Governor on the matter.
According to him, “We have a meeting between the Kebbi State
deputy governor and leadership of the state branch of National Automobile and
Technician Association (NACA) ,that meeting saved the day for impending strike
action scheduled to commence, on Thursday, by mechanics in the state,” he said.
He said that members of the association were being confronted
with numerous problems which included lack of substantive mechanic village,
rampant cases of vehicle theft by thieves and arbitrary collection of tax from
their members by tax collection agents.
He also lamented that in spite of their several appeals to
the Kebbi State Government to intervene on the matter, but their efforts had
been futile.
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