The union therefore demanded the suspension of the
policy, which it said had increased the hardship of commuters and
drivers in the FCT.
The association said the policy would render many
drivers jobless, increase the unemployment rate in the country and
compound the security crisis in the nation.
FCT Secretary of SECDA, Innocent Asogwa, told our
correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday that the transport policy introduced
by the FCTA on Monday had affected over 30,000 commercial bus drivers,
apart from thousands of commuters living in the satellite towns.
Asogwa said the government had not put in place the needed measures that would ensure success of the policy.
He observed that the policy could work if the
government had provided enough high capacity bus to service the teeming
population of commuters.
“We are not against the transport policy of the FCT.
But its poor attempt to copy the Bus Rapid Transport system of Lagos
State is not working because it did not put in place the necessary
facilities like high capacity buses, dedicated BRT lane and other
measures that could make the policy work as it is working in Lagos and
elsewhere,” he said.
The SECDA secretary alleged that his union members
were not allowed to ply the routes that were approved for them, adding
that the mini-bus drivers could no longer gain access to Idu and
Gwarimpa, which were part of their allocated routes.
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