By Babatunde Ayeni, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has directed immediate relocation of Gwagwalada Abattoir to a spacious and clean environment for effective service delivery.
The Minister gave the order while commissioning Gwagwalada Town Hall and Civic Centre at the area council in FCT.
Barr. Wike directed the Agriculture Mandate Secretary to do the relocation from township to a better place with immediate effect
“I thank God the Mandate Secretary, Agriculture, is from FCT, who is your son. And your request, let me give you this assignment now. Liaise with the council chairman, and that abattoir should be moved immediately to another place. I said, immediately. What did I say? Immediately.”
“So, if you don’t do it, your job is at stake. You have heard of the one or two words he has said. Go and scoop it so that we know what we will do,” Wike said.
He commended the council chairman for his forthrightness and dedication to making people of Gwagwalada happy through developmental projects he has been doing.
“I want to say, God does not make mistake. At every appointed time, God has his way to provide, to give, to bring out somebody who will clean the tears of the people. The former chairman said he started the construction of this edifice. The time to go to completion, it was vandalized. And someone other person came, who is the chairman today, four, five months in office. And he said, ‘what will I do, where will my people be meeting,” Wike said.
The Minister continued, “But for you, probably we would have been sitting outside. And I was touched emotionally when I saw my name. He never told me anythingAnd I told my chairman, look at this man, you have done so much for him. Let me tell you on behalf of my family and on behalf of those who came with me, and on behalf of the Rainbow Coalition, we say thank you”.
The Minister had earlier told the youths in the area council that a mini stadium for sporting activities will soon be ready for commissioning.
Earlier, Gwagwalada chairman, Mohammed Kassim requested that trailer park at SDP junction be relocated and motor parks cetralised in the area council.
He appealed to the minister to look into the land allocated for trailer park along Gwako road that is now being claimed by another occupant.
Kasim also pleaded with the minister for centralisation of proliferated parks along Gwagwalada – Lokoja expressway.
The chairman also presented ten buses to political leaders in the council, benefits the leaders ought to have enjoyed under the administration of Adamu Mustapha Danze as Gwagwalada chairman.
The commissioned Civic Centre that was started sixteen years ago by former chairman Zakari Angulu Dobi and two other chairmen spent more than six years each without completing the project just finished by Kassim.
Gwagwalada Leaders present at the commission include; Zakari Angulu-Dobi, Isah Egah-Dobi, Adamu Mustapha (Obama) and former APC chairmanship candidate, Usman Yahaya among others.