FCT Minister Gives Quit Notice To Those Who Turned Nyanya Market Into Residential Area

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has given those who converted Nyanya Market into residential accommodation, quit notice and an order for the area to be reverted to market.
The minister who spoke when he received report from the Ministerial Taskforce on Traffic Decongestion and Environmental Sanitation along the Nyanya–Karu–Karshi road, frowned at the ugly development whereby structures in the Nyanya market initially meant for market stalls were converted into residential accommodation.
He said that the situation had been responsible for the spill-over of illegal squatters stalls on the Nyanya interchange thereby rendering the road almost impassable during peak hours.
Muhammad Bello announced the extension of the tenure of the task team by three months, and charged them to work with other relevant security agencies in the FCT to enforce the return of the area to its original design as market.
The minister commended the taskforce for what it has achieved so far, especially the reduction of gridlock on the road, improvement on sanitation, drop in crime and almost zero record of death through accident on the road.
He called on the traditional rulers, community leaders and traders’ union to sustain the positive partnership even as he charged the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) and The Satellite Town Development Department to ensure that the road does not return to its dark days of gridlock and filth.
The Taskforce Chairman, retired Major General Emmanuel Nienge, appreciated the level of support and cooperation the team received from the traders and residents who he noted, showed their satisfaction with the human face of the Taskforce. [myad]