(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Wary of illegal labor raids, several taxi drivers have stopped working. This development has led to a taxi shortage in the country, reported a local daily.Many taxi drivers refuse to ferry people to places that require passing security checkpoints.
Other taxi drivers have not transferred their sponsorships to their respective employers. However, some think they have no immediate option but to continue to work until they find new jobs.
Members of the transportation committee at Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) said several taxi establishments have been classified in red zone under Nitaqat. These companies are thus unable to transfer the expatriate taxi drivers' sponsorship.
The total number of taxi drivers in the Kingdom is more than 50,000, with 65 percent of them expats.
Several taxi companies are found to have failed to hire Saudis as they prefer to work with their own taxi cars.
"There are taxi companies which corrected their status, while others have failed to raise their Saudization rate; 12 percent Saudization is the minimum requirement in this sector.
Amjad Abdul Al-Haq, a Pakistani cabbie in Jeddah, has decided to stay home as a number of security checkpoints have been set up in Jeddah. He is looking for other jobs.
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