According to him, transportation is one of the sectors he intends to transform quickly in the capital city.
“There is no day we don’t correct up to at least 50 riders as a result of one offence or the other,” he said.
The tricycle rider appears to have drowned but a rescue operation was ongoing.
The meeting was centred around synergising towards ensuring Nigeria’s monetary and macroeconomic stability.
Seventy-one million extremely poor Nigerians live on $1.95 a day, said Ms Edu.
The minister said that his mission was to make Abuja a great city, befitting the federal capital of the most populous nation in Africa.
Its head of operations, Deborah Osho, told newsmen during the raid that owners of the vehicles would also be prosecuted.
“Being a new ministry, I will have to start from the scratch.”
Mr Wike said this during his first media briefing after being sworn in as FCT minister on Monday.
However, petty traders faced with prevailing economic hardship in the land, turn to street hawking to eke out a living.
