Africa-Press – Angola. The director of the provincial office for Transport, Traffic and Urban Mobility, Geraldina Paredes, assured, in Cunene, this Friday, that everything is being done for the issuance of a provisional document that allows accredited taxi drivers and motorcycle taxi drivers to certify the deposit at 160 kwanzas.
The localities of Ondjiva, Santa-clara and Xangongo received large floods of people from civil servants to students directly affected by the stoppage of taxi activity. “They paralyzed the activity, because according to them it is not being allowed to supply the price of 160 kwanzas, as announced Thursday and Sonangol says that it still does not have any guidance for taxi drivers based on this value, but on the value of 300 kwanzas”, Geraldina Paredes began by telling the press. “It is worth repeating here that taxi drivers and motorcycle taxi drivers who have a license will benefit from this price, those who do not have a license will not be allowed to supply fuel at the price of 160 kwanzas, at least deal with your licenses”, he appealed. Employees affected by the strike
“I’ve been here at the stop since seven o’clock as usual, to go to my place of work, now it’s 10 o’clock and I can’t get to Santa Clara because the taxi drivers are on strike”, said civil servant Ermelinda Avozinha to our reporting team.
“Every day I make this 30 kilometer route to go to the service, but I arrived here at the stop and I came across this situation of the taxi drivers paralyzing, which until now I did not understand why”, said the professor in the Namacunde and resident of Ondjiva, Zuzi Baptista was also taken by surprise by the stoppage. Taxi drivers expect quick resolution
In turn, the head of the local Taxi Drivers Association, Lino Gervásio, considered that the Executive’s measure is good, because “we know that it will help those colleagues who are not yet accredited to carry out the taxi activity to get licensed” for ” benefit from this subsidy that the government is giving”. However, the associate hopes that the Government will work quickly with those responsible for the fuel pumps to implement the measure and so that “no one is harmed”.
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