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Insecurity: FCT Minister To Close All Illegal Car Parks

Published

6 years ago

November 1, 2019

Joel Ajayi

The Minister, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammed Bello said all illegal car parks would be closed to ensure safety in FCT.

Bello said this during an advocacy visit to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) headquarters on Friday in Abuja.

He said that Abuja had gone beyond the earlier expectation of the plan in terms of the influx of vehicles.

“Criminality has increased just like vehicles have increased in FCT. Therefore, all illegal motor parks will be closed to ensure safety.

”Designated areas for tricycles will be highly restricted. Keke will only be allowed in estates. They will be banned in Asokoro and Life Camp.

“All these are in the laws but they are not being implemented and we would have to start implementing them.

”Advocacy will be carried out. With advocacy, additional pedestrian bridges would be created,” he said.

The Corps Marshal FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said color-coding taxis would address the one-chance robbery incidence in FCT.

Boboye said this while presenting the proposal for “towards improving road traffic management in FCT.

He said that the use of unpainted vehicles for taxi and accompanying security risks was one of the identified challenges bedeviling Road Traffic Management.

“The FCT is one of the international gate-ways to the Federal the Republic of Nigeria. As the capital city and seat of power, Abuja is host to foreign missions, international personalities, and business interests.

“The political, economic and administrative activities are of strategic importance to the nation which necessitates an influx of people with a relative increase in road traffic volume.

”The city is currently bedeviled with traffic congestion arising from noncompliance to road traffic regulations by some motor vehicle operators as well as other road users.

“FRSC would team up to make Abuja a model. FCT has the highest vehicle registration presently after taking over from Lagos.

“One of the countermeasures is to engage the Unions to paint their taxis to approved FCT colors and fix taxi overhead lamp on vehicles within one week.

“Also engagement of the taxi unions to move to approved designated motor parks within one week,” he said.

Boboye said that the success of the initiative could best be carried out with requisite personnel and logistics support hence the need to provide security back up.

“Light tow trucks, vehicles, bikes, and personnel. Monitoring to ensure compliance would also help to counter this menace,” he said.

The corps marshal said that the need to ensure that commercial vehicles are registered and carry “Taxi” sign and coded was necessary.

“The proposed plan of action if facilitated, would not only make Abuja city devoid of traffic indiscipline as currently prevalent but also enhance the aesthetic value of the city,” he said.

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FCT Cleaners Urge Minister Wike to Intervene Over Months of Unpaid Salaries

Published

3 weeks ago

May 13, 2025

The Gleamer

Over 4,500 cleaners working across Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including city cleaners, hospital sanitation workers, satellite town cleaners, and security personnel, have made a passionate appeal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over the non-payment of their salaries for the past six to eight months.

The affected workers, who play a critical role in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene across the FCT, including hospitals and public spaces, expressed their deep frustration and hardship due to the prolonged delay in their payments.

Despite working tirelessly under harsh weather conditions to ensure that Abuja and its environs remain clean and habitable, they say their efforts have gone unrewarded.

Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja, the cleaners voiced their disappointment, describing the situation as dire and unsustainable.

Many of them are reportedly struggling to meet basic needs, including food, medical expenses, school fees, and loan repayments.

“We are using this medium to appeal to our amiable FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to urgently intervene and ensure our outstanding salaries are paid.

“We are going through untold hardship. We work day and night, even in dangerous and unhygienic conditions, yet we are not being paid.”

Another affected worker, who asked to remain anonymous, tearfully shared her experience: “We may be doing a ‘dirty job,’ but we do it with all our hearts. It is unfair that we are left unpaid. We are dying in silence—no food for our children, no money for healthcare. We beg the Honourable Minister to come to our aid.”

The cleaners, in their numbers, emphasized that their appeal was not just a demand but a desperate cry for help from workers who feel neglected despite their vital contributions to the FCT’s public health and cleanliness.

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