By Stanley Onyekwere
The Federal Capital Territory Administration ( FCTA) has disclosed plans to introduce unified standard transportation System in Abuja, the nation’s capital city, that will meet the needs of the residents.
Making this known during a stakeholders engagement meeting yesterday, Director, FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services ( DRTS), Dr Abdulateef Bello, said the initiative had become very necessary, considering that the city was fastly evolving and no aspect of it should be ignored.
Bello who noted that the recovery of taxi ranks earlier issued quit notice within the capital city, would soon commence, with the aim of reorganising it for licensed operators.
He equally revealed that the administration has perfected plans with consultants to bring in buses that use Compressed Natural Gas ( CNG), to solve the problems of mass transit in Abuja.
According to him, the buses when acquired and deployed to different routes, will take care of the rickety vehicles and taxis that have been constituting nuisances on Abuja roads.
For one of the stakeholders, Dr. Abubakar Sadiq, the Chairman, RTEIN Mass Transit, the new policies by the administration was a welcome development, but critical players in the transportation sector must be given adequate consideration.
Similarly, Okorie Victor, the Chairman of Self Employed Commercial Drivers Association (SECDAN) urged the administration to embark on aggressive sensitisation to ensure that all stakeholders properly understand the evolving policies of the administration in the transportation sector.
