Group denies plan to extort Ogun tipper drivers

Currently, the drivers receive about 67 per cent of the final selling price, while the operators receive 30 per cent, leaving only about 3 per cent for the government at all levels to share."

It added that the extortion going on in the industry was by a handful of transportation workers who wanted to deny the government its due returns.

It denied that the levy was to be shared with miners, adding that the new fee was only applicable to sand.