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By Matthew Eloyi – The Ministerial Taskforce on City Sanitation of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) razed camps populated by miscreants and scavengers in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Abuja, on Thursday.
The taskforce was led by Malam Kaka Bello, the Head, Monitoring and Enforcement, Abuja Environmental Protection Board, who revealed that the tents were removed due to multiple insecurity issues in the area.
The initiative, he claimed, was motivated by the need to maintain sanity in the FCT, particularly in the suburbs.
He explained that the scavengers were told to leave the area, but that they refused to comply.
Bello, who described the area as a scavenging colony, added that despite the FCT Administration’s tireless efforts to evacuate the area through the taskforce, the hoodlums summoned the confidence to remain.
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He condemned the scavengers’ persistent illegal actions in most of the suburbs and advised them to stay away from regions that were not designated for them.
Bello also urged some of the residents who were coordinating with scavengers to stop, claiming that the scenario would embolden them.
In his words, “The exercise is about city cleaning and sanitation; this is a colony of scavengers which we have removed several times, but they still return.
“Weeks ago, we came here to tell them they needed to vacate this area, or else we will come and carry out an enforcement.
“Unfortunately while some of them complied, others refused to comply. But we won’t be discouraged by the miscreants and scavengers refusal to heed to the taskforce team’s orders,” Bello said.
(NAN)
