{"id":15916,"date":"2024-01-23T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=15916"},"modified":"2024-01-23T10:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T10:31:33","slug":"fcta-plans-ban-on-unpainted-taxis-and-buses-to-curb-one-chance-incidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/01\/23\/fcta-plans-ban-on-unpainted-taxis-and-buses-to-curb-one-chance-incidents\/","title":{"rendered":"FCTA Plans Ban on Unpainted Taxis and Buses to Curb &#8216;One Chance&#8217; Incidents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-23\">\n<div class=\"px-4 py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 text-base mx-auto gap-3 md:px-5 lg:px-1 xl:px-5 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem] group\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-full flex-col lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"06aa7e3c-00f2-4be9-abb0-f57943fa4c21\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) plans to prohibit unpainted taxis and buses from operating on FCT roads, according to FCT Minister Mr. Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday, the minister highlighted the aim of this initiative is to combat the issue of &#8216;one chance,&#8217; where criminals pose as taxi drivers to rob, assault, or harm unsuspecting passengers.<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging a reduction in &#8216;one chance&#8217; incidents, the minister emphasized the need for stricter measures to completely eliminate the trend in the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>The forthcoming regulations will require commercial vehicles to be painted with FCT colors and registered by the FCTA, ensuring certified drivers and approved vehicles for passenger safety.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) plans to prohibit unpainted taxis and buses from operating on FCT roads, according to FCT Minister Mr. Nyesom Wike. Addressing reporters in Abuja on Monday, the minister highlighted the aim of this initiative is to combat the issue of &#8216;one chance,&#8217; where criminals pose as taxi drivers to rob, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":15919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15916"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15938,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15916\/revisions\/15938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}