FCTA Moves To Seal Govt Offices, Hotels For N10bn Debt
Beginning From Tuesday 19th April, the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), an agency of the Federal Capital Territory Authority (FCTA) will begin a mass seal-up of the offices and premises of its debtors in a move aimed at recovering the N10 billion debt owed it.
The AEPB has secured a court order and this will give its Task Team set up by the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Olusade Adesola, the push to seal up the debtors’ facilities.
Affected facilities include private residential apartments, government offices, hotels, plazas and other business premises.
The Task Team, Director of AEPB, Engr. Osilama Braimah said has been empowered to employ all legal means to recover the N10 billion debt.
Osilama said: “All of us desire to live and work in a world-class city compared to other beautiful cities around the world. But we can only do that successfully if we behave as responsible citizens by paying our utility bills especially for solid and liquid waste collection.
Unfortunately, many agencies, residential apartments, hotels, plazas and so on, are not paying their bills as expected. That makes it difficult to raise the money needed to manage a mega-city like Abuja.
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