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  • Abuja doctors on strike risk mass sack

    Abuja doctors on strike risk mass sack

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday in Abuja issued a 24-hour ultimatum to striking resident doctors to resume work or face mass sack.

    The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, who issued the ultimatum at a news conference, explained that the decision was reached after an emergency meeting of top management staff of the FCTA.

    Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA) chapter embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries.

    Aliyu also said that the measure became imperative to ensure that the FCT residents do not suffer as a result of the strike by the resident doctors.

    She said the FCT administration noted with dismay, the continued strike embarked upon by the resident doctors, over irregularities in their salaries for the month of January and February 2020.

    ”Despite entreaties that the problem was not peculiar to the doctors, but affecting all staff of the FCTA; and efforts made by the office of the FCT Minister of State, with the Accountant General of the Federation, and an appeal to call off the strike, the doctors are yet to resume work.

    ”In the meantime, the administration has given the striking doctors 24 hours to resume work, after which they should consider themselves as having exited the FCT administration,” she said.

    Aliyu, however, expressed the appreciation of the FCT administration for the commitment and dedication to duty of the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria, nurses and midwives, medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists and other medical and health workers, who remained true to their calling by putting social needs above self.

  • Strike: FCTA threatens resident doctors of mass sack

    Strike: FCTA threatens resident doctors of mass sack

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday in Abuja, issued a 24-hour ultimatum to striking resident doctors to resume work or face mass sack.

    The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, who issued the ultimatum at a news conference, explained that the decision was reached after an emergency meeting of top management staff of the FCTA.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD-FCTA) chapter embarked on an indefinite strike over non-payment of salaries.

    Aliyu also said that the measure became imperative to ensure that the FCT residents do not suffer as a result of the strike by the resident doctors.

    She said the FCT administration noted with dismay, the continued strike embarked upon by the resident doctors, over irregularities in their salaries for the month of January and February 2020.

    ” Despite entreaties that the problem was not peculiar to the doctors, but affecting all staff of the FCTA; and efforts made by the office of the FCT Minister of State, with the Accountant General of the Federation, and an appeal to call off the strike, the doctors are yet to resume work.

    ” In the meantime, the administration has given the striking doctors 24 hours to resume work, after which they should consider themselves as having exited the FCT administration,” she said.

    Aliyu, however, expressed the appreciation of the FCT administration for the commitment and dedication to duty of the Medical and Dental Association of Nigeria, nurses and midwives, medical laboratory technologists, pharmacists and other medical and health workers, who remained true to their calling by putting social needs above self.

  • Coronavirus: FCTA set to scale-up preventive measures

    Coronavirus: FCTA set to scale-up preventive measures

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration has said measures will be intensified to prevent the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19, otherwise known as coronavirus in the territory.

    FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who gave the indication in Abuja during a meeting with heads of Secretariats, Departments and Agencies (SDAs) under her supervision, also directed that both public and private schools in the territory should be shot down until further notice.

    The minister also directed that social gatherings and worship centres should be restricted to avoid large gatherings that could further endanger the health of others, stressing that shop owners who fail to provide hand sanitizers and other preventive measures should be closed down indefinitely.

    According to her, “we should not endanger the lives of children for whatsoever reasons. You know, when these children are in schools, they pick up anything and put them in their mouths without taking precautions of washing their hands. Therefore, the best and safer thing to do is to close down the schools for a week, two or even a month pending on the outcome.

    “It might interest you to know that some states have gone ahead of us by closing down schools and we in the Federal Capital Territory, the seat of government cannot fold our hands and watch helplessly. As a matter of fact, as from tomorrow being Friday, all public and private schools in the territory should be closed down indefinitely.

    “In the same vein, social gatherings and worship centres should be restricted to avoid large crowds because of body contact. Health officers will ensure that shop owners who fail to put in preventive measures will be closed down”.

    Aliyu, however, stated that sensitization would be intensified in all the six Area Councils across the territory to prevent possible outbreak of the disease.

    On his part, the Acting Executive Secretary of FCT Primary Healthcare Board, Dr. Iwot Ndaeyo, said the board will mobilize all the stakeholders in the rural communities to drive the campaign.

  • FCTA bans use of pipe borne water for car wash business

    FCTA bans use of pipe borne water for car wash business

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration has banned the use of pipe borne water for car wash business.

    FCTA spokesman, Segun Kayode, told newsmen on Monday that government was expending huge funds on water treatment and would not allow wastage.

    “We recognise only the car wash points at petrol filling stations; waterboard has not disconnected water supply to those areas,” he said.

    Kayode explained that the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), had complained to the FCTA that some car wash operators were polluting the city with water and spoiling the roads.

    “Apart from the fact that water is being wasted, the same water spread on roads thereby leading to flooding which spoils infrastructure in the city.

    “So, we were directed to disconnect water supply in all car wash points not only in Kubwa, but the whole of Abuja.”

    Kayode advised whoever wants to operate a car wash to dig a borehole because portable water from the FCT Water board is not meant for car wash.

    The official added that FCTA was focusing on are satellite towns that needs water.

    He warned car wash operators against reconnecting water supply, adding that the Nigeria Civil Defence and Security Service (NCDSC) had been engaged to monitor the water pipeline, arrest and prosecute defaulters.

    Chairman, Car Wash Operators Association in Kubwa, Moses Moore, lamented that the disconnection of water supply had paralysed their businesses in the area.

    “For now, few of us that have money have started digging wells to get water and operate their car wash business”, he disclosed.

  • FCTA to resume demolition of illegal structures in Lokogoma

    FCTA to resume demolition of illegal structures in Lokogoma

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will resume demolition of structures built on sewage lines, road corridors, power lines and other illegal structures in Lokogoma District.

    Director of Development Control Department, Alhaji Muktar Galadima, made the disclosure at an interactive session with newsmen on Monday in Abuja.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the removal of illegal structures at Lokogoma district was suspended by the development control department in 2019, due the rains.

    Galadima explained that all shanties, illegal structures and unapproved structures from Apo Roundabout, through Area1, to Galadimawa Roundabout would be clear.

    The director said that the clearing exercise was meant to make way for an ongoing expansion project of Ring Road 2, where there are provisions for interchanges.

    He added that the ongoing projects was also meant to make the area accessible with a view to make it possible for the construction firm handling the project to continue with their project safely and orderly.

    Galadima also said that the exercise would be extended it up to Sun City and Sunny Valle Estates, to make sure that the corridor was free from all informal activities.

  • FCTA prohibits street begging

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says the ban on street begging is still in effect in the territory.

    The FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr Chinyeaka Ohaa, said the measure was one of the resolution of the monthly FCT Security Committee meeting held at the official residence of the Minister at Life Camp, on Friday in Abuja.

    Ohaa said that relevant agencies would not hesitate to enforce the law on anyone caught contravening the ban.

    He said that the enforcement of the ban became necessary to curtail the likely influx of beggars and miscreants to the FCT following the ban on street begging by some states in the country.

    The permanent secretary said that relevant officers had been directed to intensify public enlightenment campaigns to reiterate the ban on street begging, which had negative security implications.

    ” We want to ensure that the FCT does not become a safe haven to beggars that may be coming from other states that have banned street begging,” he said.

    Ohaa stressed the need for continuous synergy amongst security agencies for effective performance.

    He attributed the improved security situation to the fact that security agencies had intensified their crackdown on criminals in the territory.

    “All the security agencies resolved that they will work in synergy to make sure that they tackle the menace of insecurity in the city,” Ohaa said.

    He said that the reduction in violent crimes like kidnapping and armed robbery as well as improved compliance with traffic regulations was as a result of the improved synergy among security agencies.

    Ohaa called on FCT residents to help improve security by always furnishing security operatives with necessary information that would help them in the proper discharge of their duties.

    He pledged the continuous support of the FCTA to security agencies in the FCT with the provision of logistic assistance for their operations.

    The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Ciroma, who said there had been a significant improvement in security in the FCT, attributed it to a renewed synergy among security agencies.

    Alhaji Umar Jibrin, Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority, said everything was being done to ensure that the infrastructure provided in the city met international standards.

  • FCTA task team to close Gwarinpa U-turn

    FCTA task team to close Gwarinpa U-turn

    Federal Capital Territory Administration Traffic Management Task Team says it will close the popular Gwarinpa U-turn as part of measures toward resolving the festering traffic lockjam in that axis.

    Chairman of the team, Mr Ikharo Attah, who made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, said that the decision was in tandem with the resolve of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, to ease traffic flow in the territory.

    Attah said that traffic bottleneck on the roads as well as rising accident ratescin had reached alarming levels.

    He explained that the Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Malam Umar Jubrin, acting on the minister’s directive, mandated some engineers to ensure that the traffic team’s request was fully carried out.

    “After over two months of study of the situation during peak periods, we discovered that the major cause of traffic gridlock on the Kubwa expressway is the Gwarimpa U-turn located close to the Charley-boy route.

    “We have tried to manage the situation for several weeks through the Federal Road Safety Corps by putting men and vehicles on the ground during peak periods.

    “This yielded very little result as the traffic bottleneck is caused by those negotiating at the U-turn.

    “This is a tough decision particularly as it will affect those entering Gwarimpa from the expressway, but we must not shy away from addressing the plight of millions plying the other northern expressway (Kubwa road),’’ he said.

    He said that motorists would have to use the EFAB Metropolis interchange (flyover), to connect with the service lane that leads to Gwarimpa Housing Estate.

    According to Attah, while the engineers will seal up the U-turn, officials of the Federal Road Safety corps would be on ground to direct motorists and ensure the work is done without disruption.

  • FCTA relocates Wuye primary school to Wuse Zone 6

    FCTA relocates Wuye primary school to Wuse Zone 6

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has relocated the Local Education Authority Primary School, Wuye to Wuse, Zone 6.

    The Wuye school was under the supervision of the Universal Basic Education Board while Wuse is under the Local Education Authority.

    The Director of the Board, Dr Adamu Noma, made this known in a statement by Malam Kabiru Musa, Assistance Director of information, FCT, Education Secretariat, on Friday in Abuja.

    Noma said that the measure would ensure the 2019 and 2020 new academic session of the local education authority primary school was not disrupted due to the urgency to move from its present location.

    He explained that the school had been operating in a temporary structure of the Federal Government Boys College, Apo and the College decided to take ownership of its facilities.

    He said this action made it imperative for FCTA to quickly relocate the pupils without disrupting their ongoing academic session.

    Noma said the new site, which was a temporary site, already had existing eight blocks of classrooms with offices and toilet facilities.

    According to him, the pupils have now been properly settled and classes have commenced.

    He stated that the daily process of movement had been smooth as there was adequate provision of school bus to and from the Wuye site to the new site for the pupils.

    He said that the board had been shown a permanent site within Wuye and as soon as the formal process was completed for handover, development of the site would start.

    Noma said the free school buses had been dedicated to the routes for the pupils by FCT Scholarship Board under the Education Secretariat.

    He, therefore, urged the parents and guardians to cooperate with the administration to ensure nothing hinders the pupils’ early resumption.

  • FCTA begins installation of solar street light in satellite towns

    FCTA begins installation of solar street light in satellite towns

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD) has began the installation of solar street lights in the satellite towns across the territory.

    Public Relations Officer of the STDD, Ms. Meeme Felicia, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

    The Director of STDD, Mr Felix Nwanko, explained that the contract for the solar street lights installation was part of the 2017 procurements.

    He also said that the contract had been awarded to two different contractors from different locations.

    Nwanko said the project Karshi Town was awarded to M/S Basman Project Ltd. for area coverage of 8 kilometers, while the Kubwa town solar street lights installation was awarded to M/S Sunlite Integrated services Ltd. for area coverage of 5.8 kilometers.

    He said the Karshi installation was 85 per cent completed while the Kubwa solar street light installation was at the stage of surveying.

    The director explained that the solar street lights was meant for locations in the satellite towns that did not have street lights.

    He also said that additional locations and towns would be considered as funds were made available through provision in 2019 budget.

    He added that the FCTA would continue to put smiles on the faces of residents of the satellite towns and the Federal Capital Territory in general through the provision of good and durable facilities.

  • [Photos] Korea Handovers $15M Ultra Model School To FCTA

    [Photos] Korea Handovers $15M Ultra Model School To FCTA

    The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), has formerly handed-over ultra model school valued at $15 million to the Federal Capital Territory Administration to boost quality education in the territory.

    FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, noted that the building of this school was a process that not only saw the establishment of a great educational institution in Nigeria’s Federal Capital City, but also the deepening of a cordial relationship between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Korea.

    The Minister who was represented by the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, stressed the value of education in nation building, noting that education is the bedrock of modern societies and the foundation on which great nations are built.

    Bello, used the occasion to charge education board to manage it effectively and efficiently so it remains a model school and a standard on which other public institutions in the FCT will be measured.

    He also noted that the Nigeria/Korea model school is today one of the most sought-after basic education institutions in the Federal Capital Territory, just as he commended the government and people of the Republic of Korea, the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for bringing this project to fruition.

    Bello promised that the Administration will expedite construction of the senior secondary component of the school and ensure that it is as aesthetically appealing and academically enriching as its model basic education counterpart.

    “Here in the FCT, we have long recognised the capacity of education as providing the most viable route towards the attainment of our nation’s growth objectives. Therefore, the development of the education sector will be given priority in our growth agenda.

    “This will involve establishment of new schools, rehabilitation of existing ones, recruitment of teaching staff and of course the training and retaining teachers to keep them abreast of current teaching methods,” he affirmed.

    In her remarks, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, who was represented by the Director of Administration and Finance of the FCT Education Secretariat, Malam Umar Marafa, stated that the school will no doubt raise the quality of learning and ultimately the quality of life of children in territory.

    According to her, “We want all our children, regardless of tribe, religion or circumstance to achieve their full potential. Our task as an Administration is to make it possible.

    “It is on record that since the establishment of diplomatic ties in February, 1980, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Republic of Korea have progressively fostered closer and cordial relationship. This is undoubtedly another great leap in the right direction, all thanks to this laudable project by KOICA”.

    She, however, appealed to KOICA to replicate this model school in the six geo-political zones across the federation, aimed at deepening the bilateral relationship between Nigeria and Republic of Korea.

    Aliyu affirmed that the Nigeria/Korea model school will improve students’ academic performances and build a better generation that would contribute to the development of Nigeria.

    Earlier, Amb. of the Republic of Korea, Maj.-Gen. In-Tae Lee (Rtd), assured that Korea would not hesitate to continue sharing experiences and assisting Nigeria in strengthening the educational sector and national capacity.

    Lee explained that the Nigeria-Korea model school was the centre of excellence for multimedia education, saying that in the future the school could be used as a teachers training centre for multimedia education in FCT.

    ”The multimedia equipment supplied is worth more than 1.3 US dollars and maintenance is essential to ensure the best use of these facilities. ”Today KOICA is handing over all the multimedia equipment and educational resources that have been provided by the Korean Government”.

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