The FCT Minister, Muhammad Musa Bello has approved the
immediate removal of the Director, Abuja Environmental Protection Board
(AEPB), Baba Shehu Lawan who has been replaced by Oluwatoyin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 after he and the FCT Permanent
Secretary; Babatope Ajakaiye met with the former management team of
the AEPB.
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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.
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, Oluwatoyin Omolola Olanipekun was
formerly the Deputy Director, Environmental Degradation &
Development Monitoring in the Abuja Environmental Protection Board.
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