Wike orders immediate closure of illegal car lots in FCT green areas

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the contiguous closure of amerciable car dealership tons operating connected greenish areas, parks and gardens crossed Abuja.
Wike besides directed the FCT Administration to intimately show the affected areas and guarantee that they are not utilized for purposes different than those for which they were designated.

The directive was contained successful a connection issued connected Wednesday by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant connected Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.

According to the statement, Wike expressed interest implicit the conversion of areas meant for parks and recreation into car lots, citing the Millennium Park and different akin locations arsenic examples.

The Minister said the determination was portion of efforts by the FCT Administration to code flooding successful parts of the Federal Capital City.

To enforce the directive, Wike ordered the constitution of a task unit that volition show the affected areas and guarantee compliance.

“An probe has been ordered into immoderate civilian servants who granted amerciable approvals for the usage of greenish areas arsenic car dealership lots. The affected officials, peculiarly the Directors of Parks and Recreation, Environmental Protection, Traffic Management and Urban Affairs, person been summoned to explicate their roles,” the ...