Stories by Daniel Tyokua
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) has insisted that buildings without government approval must be demolished despite the outcry.
Coordinator of the council, Mr. Felix Obuah, said allowing illegal structures or violation of the Federal Capital Territory master plan to stand would would bring about harm to the lives.
He stated this in Wumba on Thursday, the second day of the ongoing city sanitation embarked upon by the strategic agencies monitoring development in the city.
Obuah had a few days ago led other senior officials of the FCTA Administration to supervise demolition of illegal structures at Guzape and Utako.
He described the illegal activities as a direct violation of the master Plan and a threat to public safety, especially as the areas on drainage channel.
Obuah stressed that the FCT Administration, under Nyesom Wike, remains committed to restoring order and preventing unregulated development.
“We are matching the Minister’s vision with action. Our job at AMMC is to sanitize the city, and we will not back down.”
Obuah also confirmed that similar enforcement operations are ongoing in three other parts of the capital, targeting at land grabbers and unapproved developments.
“This is not an isolated case. Wherever people have built illegally, we will bring those structures down. There is no going back.”
The AMMC boss assured residents that no effort or cost will be spared in protecting lives and maintaining the integrity of the city’s environmental and planning systems.
On his part, the Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima said the Council has zero-tolerance stance on land encroachment and unauthorized development
He confirmed that his department had issued a 48-hour ultimatum to a developer in the Wumba District to report to his office with valid title documents or face full wrath of the law
“We invited the developer to provide legal documents. There was nothing no approval, no allocation. Instead of stopping, work continued, so we had no choice but to act,” Galadima said firmly.
