PH Residents Hail Commercial Drivers’ Biometrics

Residents of Port
Harcourt and its environs have lauded the extention of biometric exercise to the commercial transport system in Rivers State.
Some of the residents who responded yesterday said the idea will bring sanity and accountability in the system.
A teacher, Charles Enyinah, said “the system will make it easy to handle issues of security because since each of the drivers has  data in the system, investigation would be easier”.
Enyianh, however, frowned at the inclusion of monetary payment, saying government should have taken care of the financial involvement.
Another respondent, Jonah Steven, said the biometric  exercise on commercial drivers in the state would enable government to know the number of operators in the system.
“I think that a lot of fraud goes on in the commercial transport system because operators hardly remit all that should go to the state.
“So with the  biometric it would  be possible to estimate what revenue the government can make from the taxes and levies coming from  there”, he said.
Mr Nwobia Isioma, also commended the idea, noting that it would reduce the high level of  recklessness by drivers on  public roads.
Isioma explained that since personal data of each  driver would be in the system, it would be easier to track down any reckless driver who thinks he can do anything  and get away with it.
He further suggested that each of the drivers should also indicate the actual route he operates stressing that the biometric would bring sanity to the system.

Chris Oluoh