ROAD trips along the Kaduna-Abuja highway are becoming more than nightmares. Simply put, a no-go area. The increasing rate of armed banditry, kidnapping and sundry heinous crimes taking place in the environs demands a state of emergency by the governments. Figures of casualties are rapidly rising on a daily basis. From Abuja to Kaduna is approximately 188.7 kilometres, roughly three hours drive.
There must be obvious justifications to authorise tinted glasses in cars except when status substantially and convincingly demands for it. Authorising cars with tinted-glasses in a society without a digitalised security system is a blunder. So far, most of the crimes are perpetrated with tinted-glasses cars, especially in Abuja where private motorists do commercial runs most times.
Obviously, there’s need for an industrial revolution. Industrial ideas are critically germane at this juncture. The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, may be reformed to make the one-year scheme accommodate industrially-oriented skills acquisition and economic empowerment. For instance, factories can be built in those deserts using corps members as workforces. If this is done, the oranges, carrots, peers, garden eggs, tomatoes, cucumber, etc.