Vehicle Colour: Oyo Govt. Grants Commercial Operators Extension |OGBOMOSO INFO|

Commercial operators in Oyo State have been granted an extension of two weeks to comply with the state law instructing them to paint their vehicles in the colour of the state for commercial purposes.

The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority, (OYRTMA),Dr Akin Fagbemi stated this while speaking with newsmen in his Office, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.

Dr Fagbemi said the step became necessary due to pleas from commercial operators for their inability to meet up with the two weeks ultimatum earlier granted them across the state.

Dr Fagbemi while pleading with the operators to comply within the stipulated time advised them to take advantage of the government’s subsidy on the cost of painting in the agency as against what is obtainable elsewhere.

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