Ammon News - Minister of Public Works and Minister of Transport, Maher Abu Al-Saman, said unlicensed ride hailing services continued operations will cause a distortion that will greatly affect the continuity of the sector's work in the medium and long term.

Abu Al-Saman gave his remarks in a meeting, held Thursday with Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmed Hanandeh at the Ministry of Transport, in the presence of Director General of the Land Transport Regulatory Commission (LTRC), Tariq Habashneh

Available official data, Abu Al-Saman said, indicates that the government agreed to license six ride hailing apps that employ about 13,000 Jordanian youth, while the number of unlicensed applications was estimated at about 28, most of which operate services from outside Jordan, which negatively affects licensed smart application companies and the yellow taxi, and their ability to fulfill their financial obligations in light of unfair competition by unlicensed applications.

For his part, Minister of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship Ahmed Hanandeh said that encouraging public transport service through smart applications must serve three main goals that begin with organizing the passenger transport sector, improving the level of service and creating jobs.

He underlined the importance of benefiting from smart applications in raising the level of workers in the sector through training and qualification.

The officials agreed to conduct a joint study by the LTRC and the Ministry of Digital Economy and Entrepreneurship to develop appropriate mechanisms and plans that would control violating companies, regulate the sector, and develop legislation related to this matter.