FCTA To Introduce Security Monitoring Control For Commercial Vehicles 

To ensure the safety of commuters, the FCT Administration is to introduce a digital security monitoring and control system in commercial vehicles.

The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike stated this during the 2023 Special Marshals Sectoral Workshop, organized by the Federal Road Safety Corps, FCT Sector Command.

The minister, who was represented by Mr Ubokutom Nya, Secretary, Transport Secretariat, FCTA, explained that the digital control mechanism which would be rolled out soon, would ensure affordability, safety and security of commuters in the FCT.

He explained that the digital monitoring system would be made up of cameras that would be able to track vehicles easily.

According to the Minister, people entering vehicles would scan the vehicle using their phones and scan out while alighting from the vehicle.

He said once in the vehicle, the system would time the trip and alert the central control system if the person did not scan out at the appropriate time he or she was supposed to disembark and an alert would be triggered.

“The idea of the digital monitoring system was part of our attention to details in providing a transportation system that would be safe and secured.

“Apart from being affordable, those entering a vehicle, private or mass transit of the FCT would have peace of mind that they would enter and come out safely”.

“This means that in real time, there will be an alarm for the search for that individual who entered the vehicle.

“You don’t need to call any person at home, saying you entered a particular vehicle, because it is self-activating.As you enter you scan in the vehicle and it goes to the central control as you come out within a period, it also goes to cancel. If that is not canceled, there is an alarm that is triggered.

“We are working on the details, and it will not be too long before it comes on board,” Wike said.

The minister added that other innovations would also be rolled out in line with the secretariat’s vision of safety, affordability, and flexibility.

“We are working on rail transportation, we are working on Bus Rapid Transport and consulting with private individuals who will bring in their private transportation”.

“The FCT will also be working on upgrading our motor parks to global standards, so that people will be encouraged to patronize public transport. This, of course, will reduce the number of private vehicles on the roads, and if there are fewer private vehicles, it means that the traffic movement would be better,” he said.

Wike stressed the need for motorists to comply with traffic regulations like maintaining tolerable speed limit, obeying traffic lights signals, and maintaining lane discipline among others.

Earlier, the FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, stressed the need for the review of the road safety management activities and analyse factors that could contribute to the reduction of crashes on Nigerian roads.

The FRSC Corps Marshal who was represented by the Deputy Corps Marshal Shehu Zaki, attributed tte incessant road crashes to actions or inactions of road users, and called for caution.

Remi Johnson, Edited By Grace Namiji