Monday, January 7, 2013

FCTA arrested 11,350 traffic offenders in 2012

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, yesterday disclosed that in 2012 alone, it apprehended about 11,350 traffic offenders in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Hazat Sule, and made available to journalists in Abuja.
The minister disclosed that in 2012, his administration also impounded 1,231 commercial motorcycles (Okada) and were taken to the Abuja Auto-Pound.
According to him, 9,143 motorcycles have been impounded since the inception of Okada ban on October 1, 2006 in Abuja.
The minister wondered why ‘Okada’ riders would not want to stay away from plying the prohibited routes in the Federal Capital City despite their continual arrest.
According to him, hard times await the motorcyclists this year as the officials of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services, DRTS, are more than ever prepared to stamp out Okada riders’ illegal activities in the restricted areas of the Federal Capital City.
Mohammed disclosed that the FCT Administration recorded 479 automobile accidents in 2012.
He, however, promised that Traffic Offences Mobile Courts set up last year would be encouraged to discharge their duties to sanitise FCT roads and reduce traffic bottlenecks being experienced in the Federal Capital City, especially during peak hours.
Mohammed warned that it would not be business as usual this year as all possible traffic offences in the FCT would be checked.
Describing the man-hour being wasted as result of traffic bottleneck as counterproductive, the minister called for cooperation and understanding of the motoring public.

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