The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that no taxi or bus driver in Abuja, from January, 2025 will be allowed to operate if they have not been thoroughly screened by the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services
He says the two agencies will give security clearance to commercial bus and taxi drivers in the nation’s capital.
Speaking at the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme in Abuja today, Wike said,
“Most of the Keke Napep and most of the motorcycles are informants. Everybody here who is a beneficiary is being profiled by security.
“And so what we are coming up with is that from January next year, there will be nobody that will operate as a taxi driver or a bus driver without having approval from security, with security profiling you and without going about with Abuja colour. Nothing like using any vehicle on the road. No, we won’t allow that. We won’t allow that starting in January.
“We will take the vehicle number, the names of the drivers, and the rest so everybody will have confidence that this is the vehicle I’m entering in case anything happens.”
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