Nigeria must deploy tollgates, technology to improve highway security – Musa.
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd), has advocated restoring tollgates on major highways and deploying modern technology to enhance highway security and help identify and track criminals.
Musa noted that tollgates could play a valuable security role, especially with modern technology that can identify and track vehicles without requiring drivers to stop for manual payments.
The minister made the remarks at the Abuja roundtable, “Promise to Proof: The Renewed Hope Conversation,” organised by the APC Progressive Strategy Roundtable. It was convened by the Executive Chairman/CEO of PICNG and EVs, Ismaeel Ahmed. Responding to concerns about highway security and a suggestion that motorists could contribute through security levies at tollgates, Musa described the reintroduction of tollgates as a good idea, noting that Nigeria might have made a mistake by dismantling them. He explained that modern tolling systems in other countries use technology to identify vehicles through their registration numbers, with payments processed electronically, adding that such systems could also assist security agencies in identifying and tracking vehicles.
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