Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Planet Project Ltd, Mr Biodun Otunola, says the Kugbo and Mabushi Bus and Taxi Terminals are designed with the capacity to process more than 10,000 passengers each, daily. Otunola disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, on the sideline of the inauguration of the Kugbo Bus and Taxi Terminal by President Bola Tinubu to mark his second year anniversary celebrate in office. The MD, who revealed that the terminals were also designed to accommodate 120 buses and taxis daily for both inter-city and intra-city travels, noted that the terminal at the Central Business District still under construction has a different outlook because it's designed for only intra-city transportation. “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. “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," he said. Assuring that the terminals when fully functional would boost employment, Otunola said each of the facilities will employ no fewer than 100 people. He said they would cut across security department, ticketing department, facility management, control room, electrical department, mechanical department, maintenance department, and bus control. “It's very huge. It's like running a mini airport,” he said. He described the facility as a “transportation hub for the masses”, built to world standard. Otunola said the terminal is equipped with modern facilities like functional air conditioning system, loading bay area for passengers, eatery, Cinema, and public convenience. “We also have escalators, we have lifts and we have a ticketing area. So, the era of stressing yourself because you are traveling is over," he said. He added that with this development, people would be able to travel with confidence and without any fear, in a very safe, secure and serene environment. The MD applauded 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. “Although this is not the first we have executed, but to have pioneered this in the FCT is no doubt a very major achievement for us. “We are grateful to President Tinubu for giving us this opportunity and also the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike because if they don't believe in us, they will not try us and they wouldn’t have achieved this result,” he said. He was also full of praises to Wike for handing over the terminals to the private sector to manage. Otunola pointed out that based on needs assessment, the FCT would need at least 12 bus and taxi terminals to cover significant parts of the territory. “We will need one in Gwagwalada, one in Kuje in Gwarinpa, Lugbe including the city centre in places like Area 1, Area 3 in Garki, Wuse and other strategic locations,” he said. Earlier, Tinubu, who was represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, said that the terminals would equally boost trade, bring orderliness, safety and comfort to commuters. In his remarks, Wike commended the president for his support in the ongoing transformation of the FCT, including public transportation through the construction of bus and taxi terminals. The Minister said commuters will no longer be exposed to criminals operating "one chance" because they will no longer need to wait by the road side to board vehicles.