All parks operating within the Abuja City Centre have been directed to henceforth close by 7 pm daily.
The directive, according to the FCT Administration, takes effect from today.
The Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the Minister of the FCT, Ikharo Attah, said all park operators must close at 7 pm every day in line with the new policy.
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He told journalists at the weekend that enforcement of the policy will commence immediately to bring about sanity.
Attah said: “The issue of the park policy is very clear; the FCT Administration is very clear on it. The coordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, with the director of Parks and Recreation, has clarified the issue.
“Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Bello, has given the marching order to implement the park policy and it is clear; from 7 pm all parks are to remain closed that is what the park policy contains.
“With the approval of the minister, from tomorrow Monday, all parks should close at 7 p.m.
“Parks that refuse to close at the stipulated time would be sanctioned.
“I have received calls from some of them that people want to enjoy after closing from work till deep in the night, but I say no. The city will have to adjust to the fact that parks close by 7 pm, when it’s dark. “Everybody can adjust to it.”
Recall that the coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Umar Shuaibu, had recently announced the decision ordering park operators to open by 8 am and close at 7 pm.
Shuaibu said the enforcement is part of the implementation of the FCT park policy.
According to him, the exercise will enable the administration to have data on parks and checkmate their activities.
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