Bus and taxi drivers in Eastern Province have agreed to a
proposal to start making contributions to NAPSA, the
National Pensions Scheme Authority.
This means that bus and taxi owners will not be allowed to
register their vehicles with RTSA the Road Transport and
Safety Agency, if they do not register their drivers with
NAPSA.
Breeze FM reports that this came to light during a consultative meeting held by
RTSA and NAPSA yesterday in Chipata district where RTSA
wanted to get the views of the drivers before signing the
MoU, Memorandum of Understanding with NAPSA.
Speaking during the consultative meeting, RTSA Principal Licensing Officer Anthony Chewe said that social security for
bus and taxi drivers is a law but many employers tend to
ignore.
He explained that because of the informality of the transport
sector in the country, most bus and taxi drivers are
uncertain about their future earning and live life in fear of
the day when they will no longer earn a living.
Mr. Chewe said that RTSA could not agree with NAPSA to sign
the MoU without consulting the drivers on whether they
were for the idea or not.
The Principal Licensing Officer says that once drivers are
socially secure, the drivers will start complying with traffic
laws because they will know that they are socially secure
and don’t have to break the law in order to make more
money.
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