Delivery Vans Drivers Protest Mulitple And Illegal Taxation In Cross River

DELVAN members protest multiple and illegal taxation 16/5/2017 (Photo: CrossRiverWatch/Jonathan Ugbal)

Members of the Cross River State chapter of the Delivery Vehicle Owners and Drivers Association of Nigeria (DELVAN) are currently protesting what they say is a difficult tax system imposed on them by the Cross River State government.
Over 50 vehicles of different sizes were lined up along Leopard Town road with about 100 members blocking the main entrance of the Governor’s office in Calabar, the Cross River State capital with the members bearing different banners with inscriptions calling on the Government to save them from multiple taxations that makes them pay up to NGN3,000 per day.
“Say no to double, multiple and illegal taxation”, read one of the banners displayed by the members who keep chanting “we no go gree o, we no go gree” and “taxation too much.”
The DELVAN members also chant the names of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government that tax the daily.
“They include Ministry of Transport (MOT), Commercial Transport Regulatory Agency (CTRA), Internal Revenue Service (IRS) among others,” said a DELVAN member who preferred anonymity.