For those of us who live in Abuja, you'll notice a new trend of late: park and pay or get your vehicle clamped. Who knows what's with the policy?

Just another way for the FCDA to generate funds, I think. Whether this park and pay policy will lead to increases order in the streets is yet to be seen.

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I think you're right but it becomes worrisome when motorists have their vehicles clamped for overstaying their alloted parking time.

I see this as anoda way of extorting money from pple.initialy,wen doz parking lines were drawn,pple parkn in them and the officials confrontd doz who ddnt park properly.d orderliness wz already obvious bt now that it has grown to d stage of paying per every 30mins,dts so unfair.y must we always copy wat d western world does wen we r not ready.over there,dey hv other comfortable means of transportation like trains bt we are stuck wiv buses and cars.pple wld rather buy their out cars because cabs r expensiv 2 hire.still we can't even enjoy usin our personal cars.ds country sef.

erefaa: I see this as anoda way of extorting money from pple.initialy,wen doz parking lines were drawn,pple parkn in them and the officials confrontd doz who ddnt park properly.d orderliness wz already obvious bt now that it has grown to d stage of[b] paying per every 30mins[/b],dts so unfair.y must we always copy wat d western world does wen we r not ready.over there,dey hv other comfortable means of transportation like trains bt we are stuck wiv buses and cars.pple wld rather buy their out cars because cabs r expensiv 2 hire.still we can't even enjoy usin our personal cars.ds country sef.

^^^that part is sick and crazy.If you work around any area marked for tolls on parking,It will cost you 450 for a day!!!! Add fuel and other expenses.what becomes of you salary.I really think its costly.People try to avoid such areas now due to this cost.So my advice to them would have being for motorist parking to pay a fixed rate of say #100.If you leave such parking area to another,then you should pay again.Otherwise a ticket in a zone should be okay for a day.Guess what,as it is now you pay them for 8hrs=#450 in an area and when you move to another area where the collectors are not from the same company, you are forced to pay again within this your exhausted time time.This is wrongfully done and makes it difficult for the motorist always.