By Philip Yatai

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has begun procurement processes for the award of contracts for waste collection and evacuation in FCT satellite towns.

Mr Abdulkadir Zulkifku, Coordinator, Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD), disclosed this during a waste evacuation exercise in Karu, Abuja Municipal Area Council on Thursday.

Zulkiflu explained that the tenure of the previous contractors had elapsed in April.

He said that in the meantime the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, had directed the STDD to clear all dump sites pending the finalisation of the procurement processes for the new contractors.

“As you can see, the waste evacuation is taking place, not under any contractor, but under the watch of the STDD.

“The waste evacuation will extend all the way to Karshi and hopefully after that, we will move to other area councils,” he said.

The coordinator added that the STDD was also considering relocating the waste collection point, due to the health hazard it could cause to the residents of the area.

“As you can see, this place is designated as a collection point but there is not much space. After every one or two minutes, you see people coming here to dump refuse,” Zulkiflu said. (NAN)

Edited by Yakubu Uba