FCTA Pledges to Eliminate Crime Infested Structures Inside Apo Cashew Farm
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through its Department of Development Control, has removed makeshift structures on major road corridors and inside the walnut plantation. Cashew at Apo Resettlement, Abuja.
FCTA city management officials, accompanied by security personnel over the weekend, stormed the place with their bulldozers and dislodged hundreds of artisans, food vendors and workers. small traders, for allegedly operating in structures that encroached on road corridors, and thus constituting a public nuisance in the area.
It has been observed that most of the illegal structures demolished along the road corridor and cashew plantation near Urban Shelter and Angwan Tiv, respectively, have been marked for removal as early as 2021.< /p>
Development Control Department director Murktar Usman Galadima told reporters that the weekly drill, aimed at clearing shacks and other offending structures in the city, followed due process for activity demolition.
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Galadima, who described it as very disturbing and major offences, said that the conversion of cashew nut plantations into places of commerce and living, as they serve as a haven for crime in the city, has revealed its intention to start removing them.
He said: "As part of our demolition process, we have to issue notices, which can be in the form of tagging and written notices.
"So we are doing our weekly cleanup exercise aimed at clearing shacks and other illegal structures in the city.
“The cashew plantation in Apo resettlement is overtaken by the activities of some people providing catering services, but according to credible intelligence, what is happening is beyond catering, because after that sometimes turns into crime.
"The general warning is that even the cashew plantations, we will remove them because they now provide those who engage in crime with a safe haven for them to operate. So we will start removing cashew plantation in the region and elsewhere,” he explained.
To ensure cabins don't return to the same area, the manager said, "We now have new strategies to ensure that anyone trying to go against our regulations will be prosecuted. consequence. It's not like before when we tear down and leave.
“Residents should consider us as partners, so they should always notice and report some of these infractions to us, so that we can act quickly. This will also help save the city from security problems,” he said. -he declared.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through its Department of Development Control, has removed makeshift structures on major road corridors and inside the walnut plantation. Cashew at Apo Resettlement, Abuja.
FCTA city management officials, accompanied by security personnel over the weekend, stormed the place with their bulldozers and dislodged hundreds of artisans, food vendors and workers. small traders, for allegedly operating in structures that encroached on road corridors, and thus constituting a public nuisance in the area.
It has been observed that most of the illegal structures demolished along the road corridor and cashew plantation near Urban Shelter and Angwan Tiv, respectively, have been marked for removal as early as 2021.< /p>
Development Control Department director Murktar Usman Galadima told reporters that the weekly drill, aimed at clearing shacks and other offending structures in the city, followed due process for activity demolition.
ALSO READ FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE
Galadima, who described it as very disturbing and major offences, said that the conversion of cashew nut plantations into places of commerce and living, as they serve as a haven for crime in the city, has revealed its intention to start removing them.
He said: "As part of our demolition process, we have to issue notices, which can be in the form of tagging and written notices.
"So we are doing our weekly cleanup exercise aimed at clearing shacks and other illegal structures in the city.
“The cashew plantation in Apo resettlement is overtaken by the activities of some people providing catering services, but according to credible intelligence, what is happening is beyond catering, because after that sometimes turns into crime.
"The general warning is that even the cashew plantations, we will remove them because they now provide those who engage in crime with a safe haven for them to operate. So we will start removing cashew plantation in the region and elsewhere,” he explained.
To ensure cabins don't return to the same area, the manager said, "We now have new strategies to ensure that anyone trying to go against our regulations will be prosecuted. consequence. It's not like before when we tear down and leave.
“Residents should consider us as partners, so they should always notice and report some of these infractions to us, so that we can act quickly. This will also help save the city from security problems,” he said. -he declared.
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