By Bisola Adeyemo
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), through the Satellite Town Development Department, STDD, has appealed to Abuja residents to desist from dumping refuse on drainages and by the roadsides.
The STDD Coordinator, Mr. Obinna Francis Ogwuegbu gave the warning while he announced the commencement of massive clean-up exercise in the six area council of the Territory.
According to Ogwuegbu, many drainages have been clogged due to waste dumping, adding that he will not relent till proper maintenance is carried out.
The Coordinator also said the cleaning exercise will be monitored in the six Area Councils to ensure proper work is done by all contractors who are complying with the matching order, adding that all hands must be on decks in making sure that all the Satellite towns are kept clean with or without public holiday, Verity news reports.
He stated that, following the order, the six area Councils contractors on waste management have since swung into action at their various sites, the exercises of desisting of drains, dump sites and evacuating around the portions interchanges.
Ogwuegbu, therefore, promised to do his best in repositioning the satellite town before the end of his tenure to make sure that there is a change, by making the citizens partner with the Government in building and making the satellite towns clean and digitised.