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The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has mentioned it was contemplating arresting and prosecuting industrial bike (Okada) passengers, saying with out demand there could be no provide.
In the meantime, a joint job power of FCTA has crushed about 478 bikes impounded for working alongside restricted areas within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and feeder satellite tv for pc cities.
The operation, which lasted two weeks, noticed safety personnel drawn from the Police; Division of State Providers, DSS; the Nigerian Safety and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC; Directorate of Street Site visitors Providers, DRTS, and personnel of the Abuja Environmental Safety Board, AEPB, impounding bikes working within the FCT, Lugbe and Kubwa.
Thursday’s train, which began from the favored Automobile Wash Bus Cease in Lugbe, swept via Gosa, Invoice Clinton Drive, Trademore Property, Lugbe Junction in addition to Kubwa and environs.
Talking after the operations, Director, DRTS, Abdulateef Bello, inspired residents to stroll brief distances for his or her security and well being.
“For security and safety causes, individuals ought to all the time guarantee that they keep away from plying bikes inside the FCC as a result of because the scenario is, we could be arresting individuals which can be equally plying bikes,” he mentioned.
On why the operation was prolonged to satellite tv for pc cities together with Kubwa, Bello mentioned: “We’ve got persistently maintained that industrial bikes usually are not allowed within the Federal Capital Metropolis.
“However, after all, aside from town centre, our highways are equally not inspired for industrial bikes to ply due to security and safety causes. This is the reason we’ve got prolonged our operations past the FCC to different Space Councils that truly feed town centre.”
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