The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has threatened to confiscate items of marketers across the city who trade on road shoulders and corridors of the city.
Chairman of the FCTA Ministerial Taskforce on Traffic Management, Mr Ihkaro Attah, issued the warning during inspection of Nyanya Market.
Attah disclosed that the traffic management team would confiscate items and properties of defaulters, adding that any property confiscated would be taken to the court, and a request for permanent forfeiture of items seized by the force would be requested from the court which would be distributed to persons living with disabilities.
The chairman further explained that the traffic management team would adopt drastic measures to stop trading on road shoulders, noting that market had it own environment and people would not be allow sale on the road.
“And if we are able to get the court injunction from the judge, then we will likely distribute the items be it cloths or food items to orphanages and centre for persons living with disabilities.
“The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is warning traders across the city to desist from selling on road shoulders, road corridors and road side.
“That is one worrisome thing that we have observed and as the Chairman of the FCT Ministerial Taskforce on Traffic Management, I know that the FCT Minister Malam Muhammad Bello is not taken the issue of trading on road shoulders and corridors very lightly.
“Worrisome is the fact that in some areas like Nyanya, Karu site, Dutse Alhaji Area, Kubwa by the NNPC junction and some other very busy road side, people have converted the road side and shoulders into the market.
“It is completely unacceptable and is being heavily resisted because is grossly in appropriate in Abuja,” Attah said.
