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FCTA bans scavenging, suspends pantaker operations in Abuja

FCTA bans scavenging, suspends pantaker operations in Abuja

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By Philip Yatai

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has banned scavengers from operating in the territory.

The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Olatunji Disu announced the ban while briefing newsmen after the FCT Security Committee Meeting in Abuja on Monday.

Disu said that the scavengers were allowed to operate only on dumpsites located in the outskirts of the city and the suburbs.

“All security agencies have been tasked with ensuring that this order is enforced, beginning from Jan. 14,” he said.

The commissioner added that the committee also banned the operation of pantaker markets for two weeks, beginning from Tuesday across the FCT.

Pantaker is a market for the sales of fairly used items and scrap iron, including furniture and home appliances.

He explained that the two weeks suspension was to allow security agencies to profile the pantaker operators.

This, he said, would ensure that only legitimate operators operate in Pantakers across the FCT.

He said that the committee had concluded that everybody arrested for vandalising public infrastructure would be charged to court and tried for economic sabotage and if possible, attempted murder.

He noted that because the punishment for such offences was usually community service or fine, the offenders return to commit more crimes.

“The punishment given to them is so menial that we notice that we are recycling these criminals.

“The activities of the vandals are enough to kill residents of the FCT because when they remove manhole covers on the road, it can cause the death of people driving at night,” Disu said.

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According to him, anybody vandalising public infrastructure is vitalising the joint property of all residents of the FCT.

“Numbers have been given out; if you see anything, say something.

“Let’s join hands to ensure that we protect all government infrastructures.” (NAN)

Edited by Mark Longyen

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Philip Daniel Yatai
Editor/Assistant Chief Correspondent,
FCT Correspondent,
NAN Abuja.
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Aminu
Aminu
4 months ago

The administration should not only stop at arresting and prosecuting the vandals. Factories, recyclers and processors of vandalized items should also be profiled and prosecuted. Their operations should be infiltrated by relevant security services.

NNOROM
NNOROM
4 months ago

This is a good one by the police and other security agencies. The whole city is in a mess because of the scavengers. Many bridges and walkways are defaced by vandals. Some of them live in motor parks and gardens. Defecating anywhere they like in the city. A modern city now smells like a refuse dump. Some block the drainage systems and convert them to living room. I pray this is sustained and the manholes properly replaced by the FCTA to avoid accidents.

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