The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Thursday, highlighted areas that will help in addressing factors distorting the restoration of Abuja master plan
At the commemoration of 2023 World Earth Day with the theme: “Invest in our planet,” FCTA top officials took turns to speak on the development and sanity of the nation’s capital, Abuja.
The Coordinator Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Umar Shuaibu, called on the residents to stop activities that lead to environmental degradation
He decried the unending distortion and destruction of the Abuja master plan by the residents
Illegal felling of trees, building on water channels and road corridors have distort and destroy the plan for development of Abuja,” said Shuaibu.
Senior Special Assistant on environment and waste management to the minister of FCT, Tunde Imolehin, disclosed that the second world earth day celebration in FCT was to guide residents on how to dispose off their wastes properly in line with this year’s global theme: “Invest in our planet”.
“To make our stay on this planet meaningful, we must invest wisely. We must take proper care of the environment, conserve and preserve the limited resources.
“The world earth began in 1970 in the United States to highlight the importance of our planet and the conservation of its ecosystems on all continents and oceans. Since then, the world’s attention has been drawn to the challenges facing mankind and the environment and ways to manage them”
The Director FCT Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima disclosed that over 10,000 illegal structures have been demolished in the last eight years with three hundred hectares of land recovered as the administration’s commitment to restore sanity in the territory.
The move, Galadima said, was pertinent to reverse the norms that have been affecting the officials from restoring the master plan and sanity across the city.
He called for the review of the development plan of the city, which according to him, a consultant should be engaged to drive the reforms.
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