Insecurity : “All Abuja Commercial Drivers Must Obtain DSS, Police Clearance From January 2025” – Wike

Insecurity : “All Abuja commercial drivers must obtain DSS, police clearance from january 2025” – Minister of FCT.

Says any commercial bus or taxi driver who fails to meet the requirements will not be allowed to operate within the FCT.

The Minister of FCT said this at an event where Abuja youths were empowered with 80 brand new vehicles.

The move is aimed at curtailing cases of kidnapping and ‘one-chance’ robbery the nation’s capital.

All commercial drivers operating in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) must obtain clearance from the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS), starting from January 2025.

The move, aimed at curtailing cases of kidnapping and ‘one-chance’ robbery in the nation’s capital, was disclosed by Nyesom Wike at the launch of the FCT renewed hope youth empowerment programme.

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory added that any commercial bus or taxi driver who fails to meet the requirements will not be allowed to operate within the FCT.

“Most of the Keke Napep and most of the motorcycles are informants. Everybody here who is a beneficiary is being profiled by security,” Wike said at the event, where Abuja youths were empowered with 80 brand new vehicles.”

“And so, what we are coming up with is that from January next year, there will be nobody that will operate as a taxi driver or a bus driver without having approval from security, with security profiling you, and without going about with Abuja colour.”

“Nothing like using any vehicle on the road. No, we won’t allow that. We won’t allow that starting in January.”

“We will take the vehicle number, the names of the drivers, and the rest so everybody will have confidence that this is the vehicle I’m entering in case anything happens.”

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