By Bisola Adeyemo
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a one month ultimatum to all shop owners at Apo market to scrap illegal shanties or risk revocation.
Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT Minister, issued the warning on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with the Association of Apo-Dutse Scrap Market Dealers.
“We returned to Apo-Dutse Scrap (Pantaka) market after a short break to continue to remove illegalities on plots of land and we also return for mop up exercise but somehow we are not too please that most of the land allottees have not taken over their land.
“The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, is very bitter and unhappy because most of the land allottees have not taken over their land.
“And he is spending state resources to do the clean-up exercise in terms of buying diesel, paying personnel allowances and servicing the machines.
“People who have gotten land in this place and are waiting for us to clear it should immediately report to Development Control within the next one month.
“Not just fencing the land but also getting building plan approval and building on it. They should not leave the land vacant for too long,’’ he said.
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