{"id":131910,"date":"2023-12-16T14:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/people-no-longer-travel-they-now-waybill-goods-to-their-loved-ones-nurtw\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T14:24:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:24:11","slug":"people-no-longer-travel-they-now-waybill-goods-to-their-loved-ones-nurtw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/16\/people-no-longer-travel-they-now-waybill-goods-to-their-loved-ones-nurtw\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;People No Longer Travel, They Now Waybill Goods To Their Loved Ones&#8217; \u2014 NURTW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-361358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/motor-park.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Kaduna Chapter, says travellers in the State have reduced by over 50 per cent as the Yuletide approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Malam Bature Suleiman, the State NUTRW Secretary, disclosed this on Friday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This decline, he said, was due to the high cost of transportation fare which was occasioned by the increment of fuel pump price.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople no longer travel but only prefer to send messages to their loved ones. Sadly, if you go to our motor parks now, you will see a lot of vehicles waiting without passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t have money to travel until it becomes necessary; they prefer to waybill messages,\u201d Suleiman said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Nigeria Should Have Female Governor By Now \u2013 Veteran Actress, Joke Silva<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suleiman who lamented that commercial motorists were running at a loss due to the poor economic situation of the country, said, \u201cApart from the increase of fuel price, we have a lot of bad roads, and a lot of policies taken on the transportation sector are not favourable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also decried the multiple taxes which members of the union had been paying, describing the situation as very bad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are lots of revenues attached to transportation as the government now seems to have its focus on the sector. 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