The
FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has approved the immediate
removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB),
Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola
Olanipekun.
The
Minister has also approved the immediate removal of all heads of
Department as well as Heads of Unit under the Board and directed their
deputies to immediately take charge.
The
Minister made these changes on Wednesday after he and the FCT Permanent
Secretary; Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team of
the AEPB.
Malam
Bello directed the Director of the FCT Establishment and Training who
was also part of the meeting to issue the new appointees with their
appointment letters.
He
warned that all lackadaisical attitudes to work must be stopped
forthwith as Abuja must be rid of filth, street beggars, street hawkers
and all other environmental nuisances immediately.
The
Minister remarked that a lot of things are not going on well at the
Board and further warned the new team to work to change the tide
immediately.
He said that the former Director and his management team should ensure all handing over processes are completed by Friday 27th May 2016.
Meanwhile,
the Minister has also directed that the former management team of the
Board be constituted into a Special Task Force on the Recovery of N9.8
billion Debt owed AEPB.
Malam
Bello instructed that the new Task Force be headed by the former
Director of the Board and was given 8 weeks to do the recovery into FCT
Administration’s coffers.
At
the meeting, the Minister also approved the appointment of Squadron
Leader Abdullahi Adamu Monjel (Retired) to head a special team of 200
security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps to assist in the enforcement of
environmental laws in Abuja.
The Minister was however quick to warn the new management and special team to conduct their duties within the ambit of the law.
Malam
Bello further warned that the FCT Administration will not tolerate any
act of abuse of fundamental human rights of the residents in the
discharge of their duties.
He urged them to diligently do their job by following and applying the law and due process.
The
new Acting Director, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun was formerly
the Deputy Director, Environmental Degradation & Development
Monitoring in the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.
Muhammad Hazat Sule, FCAI
Deputy Director / Chief Press Secretary,
Wednesday, May 25, 2016.
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