Why FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello sacks AEPB Director, replaces all management staff

"FCT Administration will not tolerate any act of abuse of fundamental human rights of the residents in the discharge of their duties"

…SETS UP TASK FORCE TO RECOVER N9.2BN OWED THE BOARD

The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has approved the immediate removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun.

The Minister has also approved the immediate removal of all heads of Department as well as Heads of Unit under the Board and directed their deputies to immediately take charge.

The Minister made these changes on Wednesday after he and the FCT Permanent Secretary; Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team of the AEPB.

PHOTONEWS: FCT Minister conferring honorary citizenship of Abuja on President of Cameroon, Paul Biya

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello (right) conferring honorary citizenship of Abuja on the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya; while Vice President Yemi Osibanjo watching at the Presidential wing of the Abuja International Airport…Tuesday.

FCT Minister, Nosike Ogbuenyi suspends controversial park and pay scheme

The Federal Capital Territory Administration has announced the suspension of its on-street park and pay scheme in Abuja with immediate effect.

A statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the FCT Minister, Nosike Ogbuenyi, said the suspension was in deference to the judgment of an FCT High Court last Thursday (the last work day before the Easter break) declaring the syste,m illegal.

According to the statement, the Secretary of Transportation of the FCT Administration, Jonathan Achara Ivoke, has already dispatched a letter to the operators of the scheme informing them of the suspension.

The on-street park and pay scheme was conceived and launched by the FCT Administration for the purpose of effective traffic management and control in the Nation’s Capital City especially against the backdrop of its fast growth in vehicular population.