RTEAN May May Drag Federal Capital Territory Administration To Court If.....

The Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) has threatened to take the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to court over the Oct. 1 ultimatum to commercial operators to carry FCT number plates and install Air-conditioner in their vehicles.

The National President of RTEAN, Alhaji Musa Isiwele disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.

He said a letter had been written to the minister in that regard, stating that if there was no response the association would seek redress in court.

He said if all states in the country were to emulate the guidelines that only commercial operators with FCT number plates can operate; it would trigger division and conflict.

Isiwele said Nigeria was yet to get to that advance stage were all drivers would use Air-conditioned vehicles considering the financial implication.

“In Nigeria you can get your number plate from any state, if other states emulate this guidelines, then there won’t be Nigeria, I may seek legal redress if the letter I wrote is not honoured.

“This law will never stay, how can they say you must have FCT number plate and the car must be Air conditioned, some Directors in FCTA don’t even have AC in their cars.

“Where do you expect them to get money to buy the vehicles, who will buy it, some vehicles don’t even have brake light, no head light, you are talking of Air-condition.

“They just want to cause confusion and we will not allow it, instead of us to fight and demonstrate or go on strike, we will take the matter to court, what they are trying to do will not work in Nigeria,” he said.

The Transport Secretariat of FCTA had directed that passenger service (commercial) vehicles must be registered in Abuja, carry FCT number plates and must be air-conditioned on or before Oct. 1, 2018.

It also directed that all passenger service (commercial) vehicles must carry two valid certificates of road-worthiness from FCT Computerised Roadworthy Test Centre issued in the last 9 months