By joshua 
MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED TO THE KOGI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ADHOC COMMITTEE PROBING ALLEGED ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF THE KOGI STATE TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY (KOTRAMA).
_ON 5TH SEPTEMBER, 2022_
BY CONSCEINCE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION (CHRCR)
1. A legally constituted agency or institution cannot be seen or allow to be perpetrating illegality.
2. We have received complain in our office, through telephone calls, verbal, media review and pronouncement by citizens in Kogi State.
3. We observed that staff or operative of *KOTRAMA* do not wear Tags or Ranks.
4. There Uniform have been changed twice since the inception.
5. In our opinion, is *KOTRAMA revenue agency? Or they are to compliment other security agencies and paramilitary in the state.
6. However, the activities of *KOTRAMA* in Kogi State, have not added any meaniful value to the Security, Safety and Development of Kogi State.
*OUR PRAYERS*
Based on the above and other relative issues, we make the following recommendations to Honourable Members, Kogi State House of Assembly:
1. The Law establishing *KOTRAMA* should be reviewed as soon as possible.
2. We call for the scrapping of *KOTRAMA* and merged with *VIO*, as they are performing anything different from *VIO*, as they are merely duplicating the activities of *VIO.*
3. In the event that they have to remain on the road, they must carry name tags and ranks, as all the staffs cannot have the same qualifications.
4. Their roles should be properly defined in respect of traffic management and control.
5. Their presence should be felt in the three (3) Senatorial District and Twenty-One (21) Local government of the State.
6. The Law establishing *KOTRAMA* should be made available to the public in the event that they have to remain in existence and proper training of their personnel and operatives. In term of human rights as it is provided for in the constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
7. The Roads in Lokoja should be marked to indicate where to park and where not to park by commuter to reflect standard practice nationally and internationally, especially as it is been practice in Abuja the Federal Capital City.
*Signed* :
*IDRIS MILIKI ABDUL*
*_Executive Director_ ,*
Conscience for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution (CHRCR),
Lokoja, Kogi State.