Army to help VIO enforce discipline on FCT roads
Major General Ayuba Hamman, the Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison has offered to assist the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to enhance discipline on Abuja roads, Daily Times gathered.
The Army Commander made this statement at the weekend during a familiarisation visit to the DRTS headquarters in Mabushi. He said the exercise was to familiarise himself and his team with their areas of responsibility as he assumes duty as the commander.
According to a statement by the Head, Public Relations, DRTS, Mr. Emetu Kalu, Maj. General Hamman asserted the need for Nigerian motorists to imbibe the culture of obeying traffic rules and regulations to ensure sanity on the roads.
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“Every action taken against any traffic offender should be such that will serve as deterrent. Some countries have used sanctions to instill discipline on their roads and I urge my host to consider it as an option, if Nigeria must make any headway in the fight against road indiscipline,” the commander added.
The Director of DRTS, Alh. Wadata Aliyu Bodinga noted that ‘unbridled driving’ against traffic is another major challenge to traffic management in the city, noting that it poses great danger to innocent road users.
The director identified commercial motorcycle riders; taxi drivers as major culprits, describing the act as suicidal.
Bodinga also lamented the presence of rickety vehicles all over the city, explaining that a good number of such vehicles had been dismembered after carrying out necessary inspections to the conviction of the owners, stressing that such old and non-economic vehicles deface the city.
