Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has vowed that no amount of campaign would stop his administration from taking immediate action to remove illegal settlements encroaching into the Abuja Technology Village, ATV, in Pyakassa, along the Umar Musa Yar’Adua expressway, Abuja.
On Monday, Wike disclosed this in Abuja when he paid an inspection visit to the Abuja Technology Village, in the company of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji.
The Minister pointed out that the original inhabitants encroaching into the ATV have been compensated as far back as 2015, blaming the lack of perimeter fencing around the Technology Park for the continued encroachment.
He said he would direct the Development Control Department of the FCTA to give a request to the illegal settlements to leave the area, warning that no amount of campaign will stop the FCT Administration from doing what is right.
“If you don’t act, people will not believe anything is possible. I will call the development control and give them a request for these people to leave. They have been compensated since 2015,” Wike said.
“We must quickly see how we can relocate these people since they have been compensated. We are going to take immediate action. I can tell you that. I urge those settling here to know we will not hesitate to move them out. No amount of campaign will stop us from doing the right thing.”