The House of Representatives has
banned the operation of unpainted taxis in the federal capital territory (FCT),
Abuja.
At Wednesday’s plenary session,
the lower legislative chamber also asked the FCT authorities to commence
registration, regulation and licensing of all probate and corporate commercial
vehicles in the city.
The lawmakers said the failure to
regulate taxis in Abuja exposes commuters to security risks.
The resolutions followed the
adoption of a motion introduced by Leke Abejide from Kogi state.
The action comes amid similar
moves by Lagos state government to regulate the operations of corporate
commercial vehicles such as Uber and Bolt.
The lawmakers said they were
worried that the operations of taxi cabs and commercial vehicles in the FCT is
largely unregulated and inefficiently administered.
They said such challenge gives
room for many private vehicle owners to engage in taxi operations, thereby
“exposing commuters to incidents of kidnappings and several other risks that
come with unlicensed taxi operations”.
They said unlike the case in
Abuja, most developed cities of the world have their taxi operations well
regulated, with only painted cabs approved for legal commercial vehicle
operations.
The green chamber subsequently
asked the FCT administration and the Federal Road Safety Corps to enforce the
ban on unpainted and unlicensed taxi operations within the city.
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