The Kogi State Commissioner Works, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, has denied allegation that Vehicle Inspection Officers ( VIO) under the ministry are extorting money from motorists who engaged in indiscriminate parking on the road.
The commissioner, while reacting to the allegation that the Vehicle Inspection Officers are collecting N10,000 from defaulting motorists, said the penalty fees for anybody that violates the law is N5,000, adding that there is a designated account number in one of the new generation bank where offenders are to pay the fees.
According to him, the ministry sensitized the public against indiscriminate parking by the road sides.
Abdullahi said it is not the duty of the state government to provide a parking space for motorists, noting that a driver who has gone through the rudiment of driving should know where to park and where not to.
