FCTA’s Secretary of Transportation Secretariat, Abdullahi Candido has revealed that over 21, 000 vehicles have failed road worthiness test in Abuja between January to November, 2022.
According to Saturday Telegraph, about 1120 traffic offenders were prosecuted before a Magistrate sitting in a Mobile Court.
This alarming figure, it said was gotten from the rigorous examination which the vehicles were subjected to at the Computerised Vehicle Inspection facilities.
Candido, who disclosed this on Friday during an annual press conference, said that a total of 37, 572 vehicles were inspected, and only 16, 198 were found worthy.
Candido attributed the high failure rate to random importation of fairly used vehicles, otherwise known as “Tokunbo” into the country.
He noted that most of these vehicles were given face-lifting treatment by their initial owners after being involved in an accident or flooding in their countries of origin.
Candido acknowledged that bad road network within the suburbs, and poor maintenance culture contribute significantly to the failure of these vehicles, he revealed that the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) has been mandated to subject all vehicles to the Computerised test before car documents renewal.
Documents obtained by Saturday Telegraph also revealed that a total of 3,532 out of 54, 620 applicants for driver’s license could not get, because they failed the test.
To ameliorate traffic related offences in Abuja, Saturday Telegraph learnt that 4,401 errant drivers were sent to a compulsory correctional training within this year.
About 850 dispatch riders were also made to attend the mandatory training of the DRTS, before being issued with a Riders Certification Card.