By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned against selling of rams in places not designated for the market.
The Senior Special Assistant to the minister of FCT on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah gave the warning on Thursday, when he inspected the designated areas.
He said that the administration would not allowed persons selling ram to take over the city with rams.
The minister’s aide cautioned that anyone caught selling ram in areas not approved it would be confiscated and taken to court.
According to him, the administration will approach the judge and pray the judge to give them a forfeiture order, when that is granted the ram will be taken to orphanage, less privileged homes and prison.
“The position of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has remain the same in the last three years and even more tougher this year.
“The minister said there is nothing wrong in bringing rams for sales in Abuja during this global widely recognise festivity.
“But what the minister found inappropriate is and kept telling each and every one of us is that we should not allow selling of rams in none designated areas particularly in the city centre.
” Except at spot that are already earmarked for such purposes like the abattoirs, ram market at Dei-Dei, Kugbo ram market and some other few ram markets.
“But outside the designated areas it will not be allow by the authorities,” Attah said.
