FRSC Boss Wants Pedestrian Bridges In Abuja Master Plan

Mr Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, has suggested a review of Abuja Master Plan to create pedestrian bridges  and access for cyclists.

Speaking at an interactive session with newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, Chidoka said the absence of such bridges in the city centre had created difficulty for people crossing the expressways.

Chidoka noted that the bridges were lacking because they were not in the Abuja Master Plan as “Abuja was planned to be self-contained districts’’.

“Now, the idea was that every district should be self-contained. The schools should be there, the hospitals should be there and all that”.

“There is really no need to cross a pedestrian bridge and the expressway were not intended for pedestrian use,” he noted.

Chidoka, however, noted that “in Nigeria things do not go the way they are planned”.

On whether there was conflict between the FRSC and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO), he said the job of the later was restricted to testing and issuing driver’s licence as well as inspection of vehicles and issuance of road worthiness certificate.

The Corps Marshall said the VIO had no business being on the road, adding: “We will call them to order.’’

Chidoka, however, promised that the quality of VIO manpower would be improved as they were vital in getting FRSC’s jobs done.