By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammad Bello has charged security, traffic and environmental officials not to give up on securing the nation’s capital, Abuja.
He urged them to always be passionate and diligent in discharge of duties, as well as be bold to take tough decisions for the overall good of the people, especially during the period of transition to a new government.
Bello through his Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah stated this during a valedictory session with the Traffic management team drawn from Police, FRSC, AEPB and Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS).
The minister had on September 19, 2019 instituted a free traffic at AYA-Nyanya -Axis and the Gwarinpa-Dutse Alhaji- Bwari road, commended them for working as a team under his stewardship in its effort to sanitise the Territory.
He noted that every single day, people keep pouring into Abuja, and their work as security, traffic and environmental managers get more complex, because as the city is growing, and traffic management is becoming more challenging, and traffic management is unending.
“Abuja is getting complex because people from Lagos, Port Harcourt, Edo, Kano, Keffi, Zamfara and Uyo are constantly moving down here, and we must constantly manage traffic as it is our work. The crowd coming into the city is not a bad omen, as people migrate to where they believed in, so traffic and crowd in a city shows that people believe that city is working.
“And traffic management is not rocket science. Every single day a new problem will rise that would require officials from FRSC, DRTS, Police, AEPB or even the Military to rush and solve. So, you must find that particular solution to it. That’s the truth.
“Despite the hectic nature of ensuring sanity in the capital city, you worked so hard, and it is not finished, and it will not be finished. Please don’t be afraid to take tough decisions in the nation’s capital traffic management system. Once you know that it is good, take them in the interest of the society.
“So, the Minister has asked me to tell you that even if we are going, please be committed to your work even within the transition period to when new Minister will come. Just be passionate and do your work diligently, and when the new Minister comes, support him or her as you have all supported us to all to Abuja, and it has been very memorable”, Attah quoted the Minister saying.
In his remark, Director in charge of of Enforcement at AEPB, Kaka Bello, noted that what the outgoing Bello-led FCTA did was laying a very good foundation towards sustenance of the operations they have carried out, and assured that they will keep the flame burning.
He said: “From our own part, we assured you that the bond of cordial relationship that has been established between all the agencies, we will try as much as possible to ensure it continues.
“We don’t see as ourselves as just mere workers, but more of family members that is why the bond is something else because we are always working together to achieve a common purpose in the city”.
The DPO in charge of Nyanya, Alhassan A. Majia, pointed out that the Minister through Attah, has brought the security agencies to work together in the discharge of their respective duties in the FCT.
“I have worked with four Ministers and about six Permanent Secretaries, so I have seen a lot things as a Police Officer and working with civil servants but I have never seen a wonderful person like you, and I have learnt to always be humble and carry out responsibility with passion and teamwork.
“You have shown the agencies that working together will be bring result. You made them to forget about their differences, as they are all working for the same government. And we have practised it, and seen the result in the society. Now, it gives us a lot of joy to work as a team”, he stressed.
