Stricter penalties are in store for Abuja Master Plan defaulters in 2024, according to the Ministerial Task Force on City Sanitation and Management in the Federal Capital Territory.
The caution was issued by Mr. Mukhtar Galadima, Director of Development Control, FCT Administration, in remarks to media during the Task Force’s year-end celebration in Abuja.
According to Galadima, the Master Plan’s provisions and other development criteria are guiding Abuja’s development, as the city was established by law.
He thus recommended that those wishing to construct homes in Abuja adhere to the Master Plan’s stipulations as well as other pertinent rules.
“Also, those that want to do businesses in the city should conduct these businesses in the areas designated for such purposes and should also contribute to keeping Abuja clean.
“Don’t just come in, generate waste, and go. You must be part of the team poised to keep Abuja clean,” he said.
He explained that the get-together was to celebrate the end of 2023, following the modest results achieved by members of the Task Force.
Also speaking, Dr Peter Olumuji, Secretary, of FCTA Command and Control, said that the Task Force has resolved to carry out a series of enforcement activities in 2024.
This, according to him, is to ensure the restoration of the Abuja Master Plan in line with the directive of the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike.
Olumuji added that all security agencies in the Task Force have pledged to redouble their efforts to achieve more results in 2024.
He commended the heads of the security agencies for making their officers available to carry out enforcement activities.
On her part, Mrs Deborah Osho, Head of Operations, Directorate of Road Traffic Services, said that the Task Force was poised to do more in 2024, “and we are going to do more.
“We will clean the city; we will rid Abuja of all illegal motor parks and commercial motorcycles plying unapproved roads”.
