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The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday said that it generated over N1 billion as revenue between January and June 2018.
The agency’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Kalu Emetu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the revenue generated in the period was N178 million over what was realised in 2017. NAN reports that N1. 05bn revenue was generated between January and June 2017, while N 1.23bn revenue was realised in the same period in 2018.
However, residents of the FCT have condemned the VIO over the manner it often carried out arrest and impounded vehicles thereby relating the revenue generated by the agency to the money retrieved from impounded vehicle owners. Mr Dauda Ibrahim, an Abuja based taxi driver, alleged that the VIO officials often laid siege at various points in the city in an attempt to arrest vehicles thereby causing accident. He added that some of the officers were in the habit of extorting money from motorists, adding that such conduct negated the ethics of VIO and must be stopped forthwith. Another driver, Mr Ebuka Eke, said that the money collected by VIO officers after impounding vehicles for road traffic infractions was too much, noting that the agency needed to look into a transparent operation method. Reacting, Emetu said that the allegations were erroneous and unfounded. “The increase in revenue generation is as a result of creative leadership and greater awareness on the part of the public who understand that registration and renewal of vehicle particulars are part of their obligations as citizens. An Abuja Area Command Office of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) also known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) has been completely razed by suspected commercial tricycle drivers.Neighbours and officials of the agency say the office was set ablaze midnight Thursday in what can be best described as a retaliatory act.The two compartment container office that was burnt to the ground is located in Idu, a satellite town of Abuja about 30 minutes drive away from Life Camp junction where almost 50 tricycles were damaged on Thursday during a face-off with a Joint Task Force. The FCT ministerial Joint TaskFforce and tricycle drivers have been embroiled in skirmishes since Thursday over areas where the latter is supposed to ply their trade. The task force comprises the police, civil defence, road safety, Nigerian prison services and VIO officers, with the last at the heart of the complaints by motorists.Newsmen reported how protests by the drivers grounded activities in parts of the Federal Capital Territory. The tricycle drivers blocked traffic, pushed down police checkpoints and set tyres ablaze around Jabi in the Nigerian capital. Smoke was still oozing out of some burnt papers in the ash covered floor of what used to be the area command office of the VIO in Idu Monday afternoon when newsmen visited. “Our area commander received a call on Thursday afternoon that there was a problem in town between Keke drivers and the government task force. We closed this place as usual in the evening of that day only to come here in the morning to see this,” Ali Amodu, a volunteer official of the VIO said. “They (keke drivers) broke the window and put fire inside our office.”  Click this link to continue reading

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The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday said that it generated over N1 billion as revenue between January and June 2018.
The agency’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Kalu Emetu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the revenue generated in the period was N178 million over what was realised in 2017. NAN reports that N1. 05bn revenue was generated between January and June 2017, while N 1.23bn revenue was realised in the same period in 2018.
However, residents of the FCT have condemned the VIO over the manner it often carried out arrest and impounded vehicles thereby relating the revenue generated by the agency to the money retrieved from impounded vehicle owners. Mr Dauda Ibrahim, an Abuja based taxi driver, alleged that the VIO officials often laid siege at various points in the city in an attempt to arrest vehicles thereby causing accident. He added that some of the officers were in the habit of extorting money from motorists, adding that such conduct negated the ethics of VIO and must be stopped forthwith. Another driver, Mr Ebuka Eke, said that the money collected by VIO officers after impounding vehicles for road traffic infractions was too much, noting that the agency needed to look into a transparent operation method. Reacting, Emetu said that the allegations were erroneous and unfounded. “The increase in revenue generation is as a result of creative leadership and greater awareness on the part of the public who understand that registration and renewal of vehicle particulars are part of their obligations as citizens. An Abuja Area Command Office of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) also known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) has been completely razed by suspected commercial tricycle drivers.Neighbours and officials of the agency say the office was set ablaze midnight Thursday in what can be best described as a retaliatory act.The two compartment container office that was burnt to the ground is located in Idu, a satellite town of Abuja about 30 minutes drive away from Life Camp junction where almost 50 tricycles were damaged on Thursday during a face-off with a Joint Task Force. The FCT ministerial Joint TaskFforce and tricycle drivers have been embroiled in skirmishes since Thursday over areas where the latter is supposed to ply their trade. The task force comprises the police, civil defence, road safety, Nigerian prison services and VIO officers, with the last at the heart of the complaints by motorists.Newsmen reported how protests by the drivers grounded activities in parts of the Federal Capital Territory. The tricycle drivers blocked traffic, pushed down police checkpoints and set tyres ablaze around Jabi in the Nigerian capital. Smoke was still oozing out of some burnt papers in the ash covered floor of what used to be the area command office of the VIO in Idu Monday afternoon when newsmen visited. “Our area commander received a call on Thursday afternoon that there was a problem in town between Keke drivers and the government task force. We closed this place as usual in the evening of that day only to come here in the morning to see this,” Ali Amodu, a volunteer official of the VIO said. “They (keke drivers) broke the window and put fire inside our office.”

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The Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Wednesday said that it generated over N1 billion as revenue between January and June 2018.
The agency’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Kalu Emetu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the revenue generated in the period was N178 million over what was realised in 2017. NAN reports that N1. 05bn revenue was generated between January and June 2017, while N 1.23bn revenue was realised in the same period in 2018.
However, residents of the FCT have condemned the VIO over the manner it often carried out arrest and impounded vehicles thereby relating the revenue generated by the agency to the money retrieved from impounded vehicle owners. Mr Dauda Ibrahim, an Abuja based taxi driver, alleged that the VIO officials often laid siege at various points in the city in an attempt to arrest vehicles thereby causing accident. He added that some of the officers were in the habit of extorting money from motorists, adding that such conduct negated the ethics of VIO and must be stopped forthwith. Another driver, Mr Ebuka Eke, said that the money collected by VIO officers after impounding vehicles for road traffic infractions was too much, noting that the agency needed to look into a transparent operation method. Reacting, Emetu said that the allegations were erroneous and unfounded. “The increase in revenue generation is as a result of creative leadership and greater awareness on the part of the public who understand that registration and renewal of vehicle particulars are art of their obligations as citizens. An Abuja Area Command Office of the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) also known as Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) has been completely razed by suspected commercial tricycle drivers.Neighbours and officials of the agency say the office was set ablaze midnight Thursday in what can be best described as a retaliatory act.The two compartment container office that was burnt to the ground is located in Idu, a satellite town of Abuja about 30 minutes drive away from Life Camp junction where almost 50 tricycles were damaged on Thursday during a face-off with a Joint Task Force. The FCT ministerial Joint TaskFforce and tricycle drivers have been embroiled in skirmishes since Thursday over areas where the latter is supposed to ply their trade. The task force comprises the police, civil defence, road safety, Nigerian prison services and VIO officers, with the last at the heart of the complaints by motorists.Newsmen reported how protests by the drivers grounded activities in parts of the Federal Capital Territory. The tricycle drivers blocked traffic, pushed down police checkpoints and set tyres ablaze around Jabi in the Nigerian capital. Smoke was still oozing out of some burnt papers in the ash covered floor of what used to be the area command office of the VIO in Idu Monday afternoon when newsmen visited. “Our area commander received a call on Thursday afternoon that there was a problem in town between Keke drivers and the government task force. We closed this place as usual in the evening of that day only to come here in the morning to see this,” Ali Amodu, a volunteer official of the VIO said. “They (keke drivers) broke the window and put fire inside our office.”