By Daniel Tyokua
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has alerted residents of Katampe Extension behind Usuma Dam over a disaster waiting to happen in the area.
This followed massive environmental degradation taking place in the adjoining Dawaki District, due to illegal construction works.
Coordinator of the Council, Umar Shuaibu who said the situation was a monumental life threatening.
He disclosed that there is no official approval for the land allocation and commencement of engineering works in the area, sharing border with the vastly developed and developing Katampe Extension, one of the highbrow residential areas of the nation’s capital city, Abuja.
While explaining that it has ordered for the immediate stoppage of the construction work that contravenes the city’s laws and regulations, vowed to investigate and prosecute those involved in causing the looming havoc in the area.
During an inspection visit to the area at the weekend, he said the government is going to place special investigation, to ensure that the culprits will be made to answer for the illegal development.
The coordinator, who was accompanied by directors of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Department of Development Control, Urban and Regional Planning as well as Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS), also cautioned the public to ensure due diligence, before investing their money in real estate development in the city, to avoid heartbreaks.
He said: “The signage marketing plots for sale with promise of 10% discount, shows false description of this part of Dawaki as Katampe Extension. This will deceive unsuspecting subscribers, who will be thinking there is a building approval, as the plots are already being sold.
“But, the massive environmental degradation that is taking place in this part of Dawaki District as captured in the layout, it is a disaster in waiting, so the construction work here is going on illegally, and it must stop immediately”
