By Daniel Tyokua
The head and Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the Minister of FCT, Ikharo Attah has disclosed that the continued dialoging of illegal structures within the Federal Capital City was to enforce sanity, not to bring pain to the people.
He said the exercise followed a growing concern over the increasing traffic gridlock within Abuja City Centre the city, due to proliferation of illegal motor parks.
The Task Force combing through the illegal parks located in Garki Areas 1, 8 and 10, Apo Bridge, impounded over 50 vehicles.
The Director, Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) Dr. Abdulateef Bello said the impounded vehicles violated several traffic rules, beside being parked at various unapproved parks, including improper registration.
He noted that the exercise would be a routine duty of the team, as there was need to ensure sustainability, while the administration had put measures to close all the illegal parks.
According to him, the rickety vehicles will be put off the road, and owners of the impounded vehicles would be made to comply with all requirements of the law, before they could get them back.
Bello while pledging to sustain the exercise, also assured that officers who were injured by hoodlums in previous operations would be adequately compensated.
Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to FCT Minister, Ikharo Attah said FCT Minister has resolved to deal with all sectoral infractions, added that the Task Force will not stop its operations, until sanity is restore completely.
Attah who has been heading the operations for City Cleaning, noted that addressing the traffic issues deserved a special attention from the team, because FCT residents deserve a relief from stress.
