After an Abuja High court declared the on-street
park and pay scheme illegal, the Federal Capital territory administration (FCTA)
that forced the scam on Abuja motorists, wasted no time in acknowledging the
ruling by suspending the scheme. They then
proceeded at breakneck speed to announce their intention of starting the
process of making it legit. It wasn’t
because they’re eager to *“serve their fatherland” Oh, no. It was so that they
can go back down their familiar road of taking Abuja motorists for a ride.
While commuters are willing to keep their
vehicles at home and ride into and around the city on buses, trains and trams -
like it is done all over the world - the FCTA is bent on encouraging them to bring their
vehicles into the city to scramble for parking spaces from which they earn
undeserved revenue. Whereas, FCTA is mandated to provide commuters with 21st century
means of transportation befitting of a modern city, first, before providing parking
spaces.
Thus, a day in the life of transportation
department of the FCTA consists of scouting around the city for roadsides to daub
with lines of white paint. The eagerness
of FCTA to put, the Park and pay scam back on the road is not because they’re altruistic
or public-spirited. It is simply because the scam is a nice little earner for
them!
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