Insecurity: Plateau govt creates committee to route and automate tricycle operations

The Ministry of Transport has established a committee to set in motion the registration and routing of tricycles as a pilot towards the automation of transportation services in Plateau State, in an effort to reduce security and other challenges faced by passengers and commuters in Jos-Bukuru metropolis.

The state government stated that it was necessary due to the criminal activities of some tricycle operators, particularly after the recent security breach in the areas, where some operators were involved in the murder of innocent persons who had boarded the tricycle.

This was revealed by the state’s Commissioner of Transport, Alhaji Muhammed Abubakar, at the Joseph Gomwalk Secretariat in Jos, during the inauguration of the Committee for the Ministerial Registration and Routing of Tricycle Operations in Jos and Bukuru metropolitan.

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“The inauguration of the Ministerial committee I established to set the machinery in motion for the registration and routing of tricycles as a pilot project towards the automation of Plateau State’s transportation services,” Abubakar added.

“This became critical in implementing worldwide best practices to address security and other issues that travelers and commuters face on our roads. The recent tragic events in our beautiful state serve as a reminder of this fact.”

“Despite the government’s massive investment in achieving peace and tranquillity in Plateau State, it became embarrassing to note that some tricycle operators were reportedly involved in the carnage responsible for the untimely demise of some law-abiding and innocent citizens using the tricycles as suppose convenient means of transportation from one destination to another within the m,” he said.

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“This prompted the Plateau State government, led by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong, to place a ban on the operating of tricycles throughout the state. While the motorcycle ban remains in place, the government has heard the people’s cries and lifted the tricycle ban in order to restore peace and allow lawful enterprises to resume throughout the state.

“In order to achieve this, the government, security operatives, my ministry, in conjunction with stakeholders and other well-meaning individuals, will not rest until law, order, and peaceful cohabitation are restored in Plateau State.

“As a result, this committee must begin the process of registering all tricycles, their owners, and operators, as well as identifying specific routes and parks for each tricycle operator.”

He went on to say that the Plateau State Information, Communication, and Technology Development Agency is working hard to automate the transportation subsector (PICTDA).

“The government recognizes the strategic importance of transportation in all aspects of life.

“The state’s economy would suffer if it did not have a safe, secure, and convenient transportation infrastructure. As a result, the government is concerned about and committed to improving Plateau State’s transportation system.

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“As a result of these, the ministry carefully selected professionals from sister agencies to form this committee with clear terms of reference, to electronically capture the identity and biometric data of tricycle operators and owners, as well as to identify routes and parks to assign each tricycle with an inscription of their registration and phone numbers on the tricycles for easy id,” says the ministry.

Men from the Nigeria Immigration Service, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, the Federal Road Safety Commission, Vehicle Inspection Officers, and officials from the Ministry of Transport were among those who were inaugurated.