By Ben Adoga
Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA, has disclosed that the city clean-up and removal of illegal structures and shanties have moved to Utako and Gwarinpa area of the FCT.
The Director, Development Control, Muktar Galadima who dropped this hint said the Gwarinpa waterways would be cleared very soon.
He said the administration was committed to maintaining the original design of the Abuja master plan, by ridding the city of illegal structures that are capable of defacing the nation’s capital.
According to him, a portion of the Utako area had been recently marked for demolition, which he further said would be demolished and handed over to the Nigerian Police to build its Utako Police station.
He also revealed that its concern was the rate of illegal developments around Gwarinpa corner shops.
He added that “the reason why we have to visit Utako again is that the police force has s plot there that is about 2 hectares and they have submitted their design to develop the place and we processed the plan and granted approval to them to commence development. We were involved in the process of negotiation and compensation for the people that were affected.
“We are following due process the owners of plot have submitted their plan and we have approve it so now they want to commence development.
” There was an understanding between the Police Force and the indigenous communities and FCT Administration.”
He said when demolition and development starts, some of the indigenous houses way be affected, the reason why the sensitisation meeting which have been going in and talks on how the Police Force can accommodate the natives for now.
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“We have marked those structures already and we intend to move there by tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday.
“One of our major objective as government is to ensure the citizens of the territory of their safety and protect their wellbeing also.
Looking at that place we will see that there’s a stream channel that is gradually being constructed by the corner shops and in liaising with the Federal Housing Authority we went there today to sensitise the people that this development can not be accepted because it is constituting a natural stooge channel and it is an illegal development because the owner of plot from the Federal Housing Authority have written to us to come and partner with them to see how to clear the nuisance with the Gwarinpa estate.
