Kugbo Bus and Taxi Terminals in Abuja
Kugbo and Mabushi Bus and Taxi Terminals in Abuja are designed to process over 20,000 passengers daily, with each terminal accommodating 120 buses and taxis for both intercity and intracity travels.
According to the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Planet Project Ltd, Biodun Otunola, the terminals will provide modern amenities, including lifts, escalators, security, air conditioning, and public convenience.
“We can take over 120 buses here and we’ve designed this place such that it can handle up to 10,000 passengers every day,” Otunola said on Thursday at the sideline of the inauguration of the Kugbo Bus and Taxi Terminal by President Bola Tinubu to celebrate his second year in office.
“It’s the same thing with the one in Mabushi as well. The same concept but the one at CBD, which is the third one, is a bit different.”
The terminals are expected to employ at least 100 persons each, with various departments such as security, ticketing, facility management, and maintenance. Otunola described the facility as a “transportation hub for the masses,” built in tandem with similar facilities found anywhere in the world.
“This place provides you with safety, comfort and convenience for you to travel, and you can also shop while you are travelling,” he said.
“We have a loading bay area for passengers, you can eat here, you can have public convenience and cinema.”
The managing director commended President Bola Tinubu and FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for giving Planet Project, a local contractor, the opportunity to showcase its capacity to execute world-standard bus terminals for the residents of the territory.
“I feel very happy that the Nigerian government is beginning to trust its own people to do the right thing and to execute this kind of project,” he said. “Although this is not the first project we have executed, but to have pioneered this in the FCT is no doubt a very, very major achievement for us.”
Otunola also commended Wike for the decision to handover the facilities to the private sector to manage to ensure efficiency and quality service delivery. However, he noted that the FCT would need at least 12 bus and taxi terminals to cover significant parts of the territory.
