Henceforth, all road networks in the Federal Capital Territory will have to include laybys in their designs to carter for taxi and bus stops.
This, the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, is hoping will address some of the challenges bedevilling the transportation system in the Federal Capital Territory.
Accordingly, the Federal Capital Territory Executive Committee, FCT EXCO, has mandated the Abuja Investment Company Limited, to resuscitate the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company, AUMTCO, for efficient and effective mass transportation services in the FCT.
The committee at the end of its 13th meeting instructed board to turn around the situation of the transport company by improving on its performance to enable it play its statutory role of mass movement of commuters for the overall benefits of residents.
It also charged the AICL to critically look into the affairs of AUMTCO and ensure that the buses get back on the roads in order to meet the aims for which it was established.
The EXCO maintained that the FCT Administration should not continue to fund a Company which has been given the necessary support by the Administration and has wherewithal to take appropriate and profitable decisions for its sustenance.
AICL, is an investment company established by the FCT Administration and saddled with the responsibility of managing assets, investments, and business interests of the FCTA.
The EXCO meeting, which was presided over by the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, also directed the FCT Transportation Secretariat to immediately find ways of developing the multistory car parks around the Federal Capital City as enshrined in the Abuja Master Plan, to reduce cases of traffic gridlocks often at peak hours.
