Abuja: ‘I’m not impressed’ – Wike tells illegal occupants of Technology Village to vacate

Abuja: ‘I’m not impressed’ – Wike tells illegal occupants of Technology Village to vacate

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom
Wike, has asked illegal occupants at the proposed Abuja Technology Village
site, along Airport Road, to vacate the area.

 

Wike gave the directive when he visited the area in Abuja on
Monday.

 

The former Rivers State governor was accompanied by the
Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Uche Nnaji.

 

The minister said that he would direct the Department of
Development Control to issue the illegal occupants an ultimatum to leave,
adding that the indigenous community in the area had been compensated since
2015.

 

“I am not impressed with what I am seeing. We don’t lack the
political will. If you don’t take action, people will not believe that anything
is possible.

 

“I will call the Development Control Department and give
them an ultimatum for these people to leave. They have been compensated since
2015.

 

“I urge those who settled here illegally to know that we
will not hesitate to move them out. No amount of campaign will stop us from
doing the right thing,” he said.

 

Wike advised the management of the Abuja Technology Village
to take possession of the space, fence the area and show some level of
presence.

 

He explained that he invited Nnaji to accompany him to the
site so that he could take control of the place and see how investors could
come in.

 

Wike asked the management of the Technology Village to send
him an estimate of what would be required to erect a befitting office on the
site.

Source: Abuja: ‘I’m not impressed’ – Wike tells illegal occupants of Technology Village to vacate

 - NigerianEye
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