By Sarah NEGEDU
Plans are underway to commence massive cleanup and beautification exercises along gateways to the Federal Capital City, the FCT Administration has revealed.
Specifically, the FCT Administration said it will start with beautification and tree planting along the airport road, as government will not compromise on the cleanliness of all entry points into the city centre.
Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to FCT Minister, Ikharo Attah disclosed this on Monday, during an advocacy and sensitization visit to Sauka Community along the airport road.
He noted that Sauka community as one of the strategic settlements along the airport road axis, had some contraventions which need to be quickly corrected.
According to him, the clean up exercise in Sauka community had been delayed because the Minister doesn’t want to inflict hardship on the people without following due process.
He however, expressed satisfaction that the youths of the community had commenced enforcement and removal of some of the illegal structures, like the roadside market that constitute nuisances along the road corridors.
Attah, while stating that the FCT minister remained committed to ensuring sanitation of the nation’s capital said, “the minister wants us commence massive tree planting and land scaping on the strech of the airport road. We are also going to embark on refuse evacuation and intra community refuse collection points. We appealing to all residents to key into the clean up programme.
“We have given them ultimatum before but they begged us to give them till today but inline with the spirit, we will communicate to them and give them a short notice.
One of the youth leaders, Jubrin Kasimu who pleaded for an extention of the deadline given to the community to vacate the roadside market, also assured that the youths will continue to enforce compliance.
Kasimu also pledged to mobilize the youths to stop all contraventions that will attract sanctions to the community
