Commercial
bus drivers and operators of mini-vans in Abuja popularly known as
‘Araba’ have staged a peaceful protest over the ban of all unlicensed
commercial transport operators within the nation’s capital.
The
aggrieved drivers matched to the National Assembly demanding that
Federal lawmakers stop the implementation of the proposed transport
policy by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
The
Secretary-General of the association of owners and drivers of mini-bus
town service in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Charles Ikwuagbu
described the policy as lawless, capable of rendering 62, 000 drivers,
bus conductors and residents of the city jobless.
The
Chairman of the Senate committee on the FCT, Smart Adeyemi however
pacified the protesters, promising to hold talks with the minister of
the FCT on the matter to prevent an impending transportation crisis in
the nation’s capital.
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