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NI" ." I•• Tribune 26 June. 2012
FCTA tackles sanitation issues in area councils, satellite towns Storlet! by CbrlsUaD Ollelle
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HE Federal Capital Turllory Administration
(FeTA) has begun a Village - community sanitation programme In all the area councils and satellite lowns as
of concerted measures 10 clean up the councils and satellite towns. The programme was established the
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-The Minuter of Alri",fde; Managing Altine Jlbrln; Chlfif Executfue Offictr Latlfat Dalogun and he,.. husband. Amb0S5ador Hakeem 8alogul1. during the commJssionlng of Hallab Place in Alnga recently. Photo: SlUIday Osuntuyf
Minister of Stale for FeT, Chief OIajumoke
AklnJlde.
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councils for a thorough
clean-up of environment
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collaboration with the
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chairmen of the SiX area
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councll8. The minister, who spoke at the nag orr of the community sanitation exercise In Kuduru Community In Bwart Area Council. said an uncleaned environment WBS 110 longer acceptable In the area councils and the satellite lowns. ·We are all going to clean the area councils and satellite towns. We are gOing to work with the chalnnen or Ihe six area councils to rid the cou ncils o( wastl':. Efforts are In top gear 10 dean, green the various parks In tbe an::a councils and satellite towns. ~We have acquired domestic sanllalion eqUipment for the community sanitation exercise which has been dlslrlbuted to the
said AklnJlde. who was represented by her Senior SpeCial Assistant on Special Duties. Mrs Jummal KWAnashle. The Village community sanltallon programme look off In five commu nities of Bwafl Area Council Kuduru. Ushafa. Patnbara. Kogo and Peyl communities. About 50 members o( the Sanitation Commttlee were Inaugurated by the minister recently In Kuduru . TIle minister had last month . also laken the village - community sanitation to communities In Gwagwalada Area Council. Including Gwako community. Earlll':'. the Cha1nnan of the Bwarl Area
Council. Hon ou rable Yohanna Usha(a. had lauded the minister ror the community sanllatJon programme which. he Slated. would engender a e1ean environment In all communlUes in the area cou ncils. Ushafa exptalnl':d that the Bwarl Area Council had embarked on a numbcr or programmes to tackle sanitary problems such as the use of private refuse management firms. ~The Department of Environment and Sanitation has also embarked on the clemng or congested drainages across the council. especially In Swart. Kubwa and Dutse. -The Council has launched aggressive health education In four major areas of open ddecallon. lassa fever. measles and trlpanosomalsls among others. - he disclosed.
FG captures 4.5 million farmers for growth enhancement support scheme TI 8r Obr Uuogbo
E Federal Government has e mbarked on a nationwide Flag-Off campaign ceremony on e-Wallet Op· cratlons with a assur· ance thai no fanner will be len out. It was part of the fed· eral government ~solve to deepen the accru ing advantages of the Growth Enhancement Support scheme ac:ross all farmIng communIties. Flagglng-OfT the ceremonies recently In AbakalLkI. Awka and Enugu, the Permanent Secretary. fnleml Mtnlstry of Agrlcu1ture and Rum! Development. Dr Ezekiel Oyebola OyemomJ. who repre5C1ted the MinIster, Dr AlUnwuml Ades1na on the occasklm. announced Lhat the Fedc:ral Government has. through the ongOing GES scheme. captum::t 4.5 million farmen. thai as rar as Its
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c:oncemed, 20 mtI1Jon fanners \\"OUId. within the next 3 years, be
the Natlon's data base rocproper ag:r1cu1tural pIanrung acUvitles In the cpun-
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try.
Oyemoml further said that UIC scheme which IS about ensurtng bumper harvest and food securtty
In the NaUOn and Mrlcan sub-region. was a FKIeJal Government InlUaUve In addreSSing the challenge:s of past systems or Inputs dlslrlbutlon. procurernent and subsidy administration o n all valut: chatn commodlUes from the grass root to naUonal level.
Threat to Abuja: Stakeholders mee t on way "lorward
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TAKEHOLDERS In the ~cur1ty sector al the FKIeJal Capl' tal Tcrritory (FC'n. have contlnucd to meet on the Issue or finding soluUons to the threats to SttUJ1ty of Uves and properUes in the terrttory. nIdr action came after bombers were reported to have unveiled plans to canyout amaJorattackon the territory befo~ the end or this month to cap Its poulbly bloodiest C8lJ1. this monJh.
A source hinted that Ihe meettng would go beyond the: cum:nt tlm:a11o the l*' by the admtnlstraUOn to pnMde security for lM:s and """"""" In AbuJa. Only last weekend. bomb scare had rocked the city as worshipers scampered for safcty as they got wind of an alleged bomb planted between headquarters of the Nigerian Security and CIvil Defence Corps (NSCOe) and Top View Hotel located at Wuse Zone 5.
He pointed out thai the Growth Enhancement Support Is dcslgned to fa cllttate Umely and easy access 10 ferUllzer and seedlings by resource constraint farmers at affordable prices so that IheirproducUvityievelw1ll grcaUy be enhanced like their counter-parts In
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InstltuUons 50 that the ministry could. by 2014. meet up with the p~sldentlaJ dateline of masslve local rice cultivation ac:ross sccUOn or farmers In the state such as Ebonyl. Anambra and Enugu. Oyemom l explalned that the n ew polley was adopted to.
among other things, ereate a synergy betw~ the private sector. small holder ranners and the lending lnstltuUons so as to sln!tlgthen their capactty to ddlver and partake in the agncullum! trans· ronnatlon agenda or the country under President Jonathan.
fanning Hope rises on timely execution
According to a statemont "gno. by Muhammad AlkalI Adam for thl': Director br Press and Public RelaUons of the Ministry. the Pe.tmanent Secretary opined that In as much as the new arrangt:ment entails a shin from direct pro~ment and d1slrlbuUOn o( seeds and ferUlizer by governmcnt, It IS another tu rning point to allow the private sector drive the process through Its networking of farmtnggroups. seeds and agro-dealers. marke.ung and financing
of projects in Abuja
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RE arehope5that contractors will expedite action on their projects In the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while those who h ave abandoned sites owing to unpakl debts can now return to the sites. This Is because the FCT admInistration has paid some of Its contractors the su m of N36.250.ooo.000 for some of the contracts executed In the territory.
Abuja Xlra gathered that the payment Included the first batch amounung to NJ 2.250.000.000 'A1Udl was paklln the nrsl quarll':r (January-March 2012.) There was also yet another NI5.500.000,OOO paid to the contractors handllng the expanSion and rehabilitation of Umar Musa Yar'Adua IAirport Road) and the Murtala Muhammed IKubwa Road) Expressways,
Kuduru residents want speedy completion of rural projects in FeT
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Okl!g Muagbo. a Q'P!I of Nfga1an to theChairman. Looa.I 0rpanLsing Commlttee(LOQofVd.· emns' Cup 0Jmperltf0n 2012. Mr. Agbolade Dokwunu. w hen the LOC members utsUed Tribune AbuJa DUn!au.o.ffloe raoenUy. I'fIoIa Sc!i'-!a TCIflbmd. .v.ga.
ESIDENTS living In rural areas or the Federal capl· tal Territory (FCT) have appealed to the authon· ties to ensurt: that ongoing projects In the areas are completed on schedule. The residents made the plea when Ahuja Xrra Visited Kuduru vlllagl': in Bwart Area Council. According to them. a road project awarded by FCT admlnl.stralion for years now was yel to be completed, JU51 like. oUter projects.
Other areas where the residents equally solicited for assistance to help tackle an: sanltauon and security. Speaking with Abuja Xr,..a. a resident of the village who gave his name Simply as Hamzat staled that more needed to be done to give tile community a sense of belonging. He equally blamed authorities at Ihe Area Council of not doing mudi to ameliorate the plight of the residents.
He said. "It Is sad that when they award projects In the city. they are executed with speed but here. the story Is dlf· ferent. "Let me take you to the othe r side so you understand what I am talking about -nle~ are a few Institutions. for Instance. tn this council but the quesUon is are they beIng proteeted. are churches and mosques here adequately pro tected? "You asked me
whether our council chairman Is not doing enough to alleviate our suffering. Just go and ask him If he Is doing anything at all and you wtll hear what he will tell
you "His excuse has always been. ') don't have enough money to work' and this has been unfortunate "Please help U5 beg the minister to come and help us. we need s~u· rlty here and moreso~ let them call this contraCtor back to site."