By Ben Kati
The officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday dismantled illegal structures at Sauka, along Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Road in Abuja.
Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT minister, Ikaro Attah who led the clean up exercise said the operation was informed by the need to safe lives within the area.
He said the illegal structures and markets were under the high tension wire at the entrance of Sauka on the airport road corridor.
According to him, the markets have been contributed to the perennial traffic gridlock at Sauka end of airport road considering the strategic nature of the road.
According to Attah, “We came here to actually commence the clean up of airport road, it is a multidimensional cleanup here. We need to remove some things impeding on the beauty of airport road corridor. Abuja gateway connecting the northern and southern wings . We have been able to get intense cooperation from the people living here especially the indigenous community.
“We cleared some potion where many person have left and filling the road. As well as working on the road a little subsequently we also remove all attachments under high tension wires , you remember Kubwa that petrol disaster.
“We are hopeful that the work won’t be much because we are still going to clear the outside . We hopeful to do what the FCT Minister directed us that every activities should come inside the community, the illegal market must move to the main Sauka market”
On sustainability, Attah said, his team will continue to come back to ensure no illegal shops and shanties on the entrance of the community, “We will always check it, and outside line we are going to clear all the nuisances and all the illegal carparks and commence tree planting, immediately.
