By Daniel Tyokua
The coordinator Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Shuaibu Umar has vowed that all estates built on waterways in the territory must not be spared.
Irked by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recently featured in 2022 Annual Flood Outlook, the Administration said bitter days for those who violated the building plans in Abuja will face the music..
During a stakeholders’ meeting at the weekend, with Residents Associations of Trademore Estate, Umar said, ” by next week all these houses are going down.The solution to this is the removal of these houses. We won’t like ourselves at the detriment of others.
“Even a single house could cause problem for so many people. If that single house is not constructed where it is suppose to be constructed “.
The Director, Department of Development Control, Muktar Galadima who led a demolition squad to one of the offending Estates, in Lugbe District, said it was appalling that developers were jeopardising peoples lives.
Galadima noted that the Valley Hub estate in Lugbe that is already under the fire of angry bulldozers, violated development rules, by illegally expanding and building on green area.
He also said that over 20 houses built along waterways at Trademore Estate and others would be demolished as scheduled, after the ultimatum given to them.
Galadima said, ” now is the moment, those houses marked for removal are going.
“Anything that would come after can be resolved. The first thing now is to save lives and properties.
“This demolition will not only be limited to Trade More estate, even the down stream we are going to remove all the houses that are on the flood plain “.
Meanwhile, a representative of Trademore Estate, Arc. Ifeanyi Uzoigwe, said there was need for FCTA to evaluate a dam located at Alieta, a community before Lugbe, which has collapsed and is contributing to the flooding.
Uzuigwe also added some of the water channels within the area, need to be expanded urgently.
