The Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML) says the planned automation and timing of parking in markets managed by it in the federal capital city is borne out of continued strive for management efficiency; reduced turnaround time, enhanced security and better user-friendly environment.
AMML Head of corporate affairs, Mr. Innocent Amaechina, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists, said as part of its sensitisation exercise, the AMML has mounted boards in some markets informing the public of the proposed introduction of timed parking, which he noted has generated a number of questions especially from the Garki model market.
Motorists currently pay charges ranging from N100 to N1000 to access most of the markets in the Federal Capital City depending on the type of car but when the automation/timed parking comes into effect, motorists are to pay N50 for any hour their vehicle is parked in the market.
The proposal has however not gone down well with some traders who argue that the policy will discourage shoppers from patronising them as they would be made to pay higher than N100 at the end of the day.
But Amaechina insists the policy will be in the interest of the traders, saying, “You will agree with me that AMML is about the first to run an organised pay parking in Abuja, with Wuse market as an example. As a foremost facility and market management company, our bid to deliver on our mandate of utilising global best practices in providing a safe, shopper friendly, flexible and efficiently managed market environment is a continues process.
“The proposed automation and timing of parking in facilities managed by us is therefore, one of those ways we hope to improve on our management efficiency and therefore, add value to the market users.”
He further argued that rather than repel shoppers from the markets, traders should expect an unprecedented patronage as he noted that his organisation’s analysis has revealed that as a result of the on-street park-and- pay policy of the FCT administration, residents whose offices are adjoining the markets, while escaping the on-street parking that charges N100 per an hour, have turned the markets to parking lots.
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