By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Tuesday charged the newly swore-in appointed Mandate Secretaries and the Coordinators of the Satellite Town Development Department and the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) on effective communication and to be free of corruption.
In a Keynote address at swearing-in ceremony, the Minister said that the appointments were done to advance the people-centered policies of the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Bello explained that the appointees had undergone a very rigorous selection process based on their antecedents and proven track records which was the major considerations that earned them the appointments.
He therefore charged them to always live up to the confidence reposed in them Mr President and other Nigerians in the discharge of their responsibilities.
Bello while also reminding the appointees that they had very little time to stay in office, tasked them to immediately key into ongoing activities within their jurisdiction and help drive these activities further with more purpose and grit.
Bello while setting the agenda for the new appointees said social services, security, restoration of the Abuja Masterplan, in addition to improving waste management, city cleanliness, environmental protection and transportation, among others were top on the agenda of the FCT Administration.
One of the new appointee, former Chairman of the FCTA Press Corp, Ikharo Attah speaking to Journalists appealed to FCT residents who are engaged in one job or the other to ensure that them are doing so within the Regional and Urban Planning Act as well as the Environmental Act guidelines.
Attah explained that so that those from the Enforcement component would not run into each other.
Speaking on his new mandate, Attah said, However I will be more tougher because we have to own this City as well as understand that the job is tripod of inspecting, monitoring and Enforcement, adding that it is a multitasking job but with the support of the media and everyone we would get most of these things done.’
He explained that his new appointment is all about going back to work.
He however warned that residents who deface the masterpiece of the City by building on drainages to encourage flood, those building batches on the roads to create traffic and those contravening the Master plan should understand that the best of choice is to remove such structures so that residents would enjoy Abuja.
