PRESS RELEASE:ENACT LAWS TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS CLEAN ENVIRONMENT; FCT MINISTER URGES STUDENTS’ PARLIAMENT

FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has urged the Students’ Parliament in the Federal Capital Territory to enact laws to encourage all the children in the Territory to ensure that their parents keep the environment clean.

The Minister gave this challenge today while receiving the 7^TH Assembly of the FCT Students’ Parliament led by its Speaker, Master Oral Nwaka that paid him a visit in his office at Area 11, Garki I District, Abuja.

The Minister said that the law to be enacted should ensure that every morning, everybody cleans his house and to also ensure that all the refuse is dumped in designated areas or dustbins.

His words: “We need laws from your parliament that will encourage all the children in the FCT to ensure that their parents keep the surroundings clean; to ensure that every morning, everybody cleans his house; to ensure that all the refuse is dumped in designated areas and also to encourage everybody to use dustbins.”

According to him, “Since I came in as the Minister, one of my greatest challenges is how dirty the environment is, especially in the Area Councils. If you are able to do that during your tenure in office, you would have done a great service to us”.

Malam Bello promised to provide the Students’ Parliament with a bus and driver to be conveying the Parliamentarians to all official functions.

“In addition to that, the Permanent Secretary told me that by the grace of God, he will buy you one bus and I’m sure the Social Development Secretariat will make sure that it employs a very good driver who will take care of that bus for you and also make sure that the bus is fueled at any time, so that you don’t have to ask for any bus anywhere again” he stressed. 

While looking forward to meeting them at the 2016 Children’s Day Celebration on Friday, May 27, 2016, the Minister wished the Parliamentarians a successful tenure of office. 

Speaking earlier, the Speaker of 7^th FCT Student’s Parliament, Master Oral Nwaka said the they are representatives of millions of children in FCT and promised to represent their interests very well to ensure that the children live to be good leaders of tomorrow. 

According to him, “we had our sitting this morning on the theme of this year’s Children’s Day, which is “Protecting the Rights of the Child and Child Marriage.” 

Master Nwaka added, “We want to make a passionate plea to the Hon. Minister, our dear Daddy to support the parliament as we aim at being a role model to other such parliaments across the country. We start by requesting a bus that can be conveying us to places we carry out our advocacies”. 

Muhammad Hazat Sule, FCAI

Deputy Director / Chief Press Secretary,

Wednesday, May 25, 2016.