The Adamawa State Government has resolved to partner with the private sector for the success of its mass transit scheme.
The State Government decided to adopt the Public Private Partnership, PPP, model for the scheme.
The scheme is to be implemented with luxury and small buses. Ten luxury buses have already been delivered to the state by the local assemblers, Innoson Motors Ltd.
While speaking with newsmen on Saturday, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s Chief of Staff, Dr Amos Edgar, said the government concluded on the PPP model out of three options that were considered.
Edgar, who heads the committee on the transport segment of the state’s palliative intervention, said before deciding on PPP, his committee considered but rejected direct government management and complete private control.
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He said, “Deliberations of the committee favoured PPP because if we as government run it directly, it may go the same way of badly managed public enterprises, and if we concession it to private hands to manage entirely on their own, they will charge fares that will be higher than what government intends for the people.”
He further explained that the, “Government has acquired the buses. We will now bring in private players with their expertise to collect the fares and remit to government according to the dictates of the partnership.”
He confirmed that the mass transit scheme will commence as soon as buses are rolled out.
“We are are fine tuning the arrangement and ensuring that we entrust the buses in the hands of reliable managers,” Edgar said.
