Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,143,464 members, 7,781,345 topics. Date: Friday, 29 March 2024 at 12:52 PM

FG To Adopt Motorists’ Friendly Platforms For Toll Payment – Director - Politics - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Nairaland / General / Politics / FG To Adopt Motorists’ Friendly Platforms For Toll Payment – Director (277 Views)

Coronavirus: CBN Advises Nigerians To Adopt Alternative Payment Methods / Lagos State Begins Cashless Toll-payment On Lekki-ikoyi Link Bridge / Governor El-rufai Assists Stranded Motorists At Gonin Gora (Photos) (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply)

FG To Adopt Motorists’ Friendly Platforms For Toll Payment – Director by Blue3k2: 3:04am On Jan 22, 2018
Abuja – The Federal Government says it will adopt motorists’ friendly platforms, such as phones, smart cards and electronic cards on windscreen for toll payments.

Mr Chukwunwike Uzo, the Director of Highways, Planning and Development, Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, made this known in an interview in Abuja on Sunday.

The plans are ongoing by the Federal Government to re-introduce toll gates across the country.

Uzo said the idea was to make toll payment easy and reduce cash payment at toll gates.

According to him, the use of cash will not be totally eliminated, but will be reduced to the barest minimum to ensure that motorists are not delayed at toll gates.

He, however, said the toll gates would run as businesses to create employment for Nigerians.

“We are evaluating, studying and trying to map out all the facilities we need to put in those areas where we have toll plazas in the past.

“We are not looking at it only as toll plazas, but as a business venture, so that we can create employment for Nigerians.

“We want to set up facilities like mechanic workshops, restaurants, rest rooms and little motels to create employment for people living around the toll gates,” he said.

Uzo said the facilities would provide safe environment for travelers to fuel and stretch their legs before continuing their journeys.

He said that the reintroduction of toll gates was a government policy that would certainly be implemented on completed sections of federal roads.

“That is why we are monitoring road contractors, because government does not want to put toll gates on roads that are not in good conditions.

“The key thing is that driving from Lagos to Maiduguri, a distance of about 1,600km, without paying anything to maintain the road is not wise.

“There is no country that operates its roads like that.

“We have the biggest spread of road network in the sub-region and it is an asset that is expected to yield revenue,” he said. (NAN) 

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/01/fg-to-adopt-motorists-friendly-platforms-for-toll-payment-director/
Re: FG To Adopt Motorists’ Friendly Platforms For Toll Payment – Director by Osezzua(m): 3:14am On Jan 22, 2018
ok
Re: FG To Adopt Motorists’ Friendly Platforms For Toll Payment – Director by Blue3k2: 3:20am On Jan 22, 2018
If your going to use electronic card payments they other options are pretty unneccessay. The other payment options require electricity aswell. I mean just scan license plate then so traffic moves flows.

The other point about setting up motels and mechanics seem unneccessay. Don't truckers already have rest stop locations whenever they don't just sleep in truck?

The Federal Government says it will adopt motorists’ friendly platforms, such as phones, smart cards and electronic cards on windscreen for toll payments.

“We want to set up facilities like mechanic workshops, restaurants, rest rooms and little motels to create employment for people living around the toll gates,” he said. 

(1) (Reply)

Obasanjo, Buhari Should Take The Back Seat -fayose / Civil Servants Asked To Pay For Promotion In Kwara? / The Problems Of Our Country And Way Forward

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 11
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.