News - FCT pledges fairness over demolition

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 Kicks off council polls' campaign

AN assurance has come from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Bala Mohammed, that his administration will follow due process while demolishing illegal structures in the city.

The minister's pledge came as campaigns by the PDP for the March 16, 2013 chairmanship and councillorship elections in the FCT six area councils kicked off at the weekend.

Mohammed led other PDP stalwarts, including Senator Philip Aduda and House of Representatives members, Zaphaniah Bitrus Jisalo and Ega Dobi, to the campaigns for the forthcoming polls in the Abuja Municipal and Bwari Area Councils.

Speaking at the event, the minister   stressed that though removal of illegal structures was within the purview of the FCT Administration to maintain the Abuja Master-Plan and ensure aesthetics in the territory, the demolition would be carried out with a human face.

Mohammed further assured that the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) would be prevailed upon to be more civil in carrying out its responsibilities of cleaning Abuja, particularly in area of curtailing the menace of street hawkers, beggars and other environmental nuisance.

He said the FCT Administration would continue to work for all categories of people in the territory in tandem with the requirements of the Federal Government's transformation agenda.

The minister stressed that his administration was working assiduously to deepen democratic tenets in the FCT by providing a level playing field for all the political parties to operate.

He, however, warned against intimidation and harassment of the electorate, adding that the government would not condone any form of illegality.

According to him, the FCT Administration was prepared to provide security before, during and after the elections in the entire 8,000, noting that the government would not shy away from its responsibility of providing adequate security to lives and property."



The Guardian

[KingFemzee]

I just hope they will keep their word.