FCTA insists on clearing criminal dens, illegal structures

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to clear all criminal dens and illegal structures in the nation’s capital.

Speaking in an interview immediately after removing shanties and illegal structures at Jahi District, FCTA’s Director of Development Control, Muktar Galadima, said, “The exercise is a continuation of the city cleaning and sanitation programme of the present FCT Administration’s policy on city sanitation.

He said, “To a large extent, what we are doing now is enhancing the security architecture of the Federal Capital Territory and enhancing the architectural quality of the Federal Capital City, because we are removing shanties.

“The place that we are operating today is a proposed corridor of arterial N 2 Road. It is a road that starts all the way from Nnamdi Azikiwe Ring Road up to Ring Road 2. So it is a proposed arterial corridor.

“We are going to consult among the relevant stakeholders, to know the use that we are going to put before the main road comes to operation.’’