The newly inaugurated Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to demolish all illegal structures distorting the master plan of the capital city.
The minister gave the warning in his inaugural address at the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, office on Monday, shortly after their inauguration by President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa in Abuja.
The former Rivers State governor was flanked by Mariya Mahmud, Minister of FCT (state), said: “All those people who are distorting the master plan of Abuja, too bad.
“If you know you have built where you’re not supposed to build, it will go down,” Wike said during a press conference in Abuja on Monday, moments after taking his oath of office at the State House,” Mr Wike vowed.
He added that for anyone who has developed where they are not supposed to, even if the culprit is a minister or an ambassador, “your house must go down”.
He also warned landowners who had taken over “the green areas” to build properties, saying those areas must come back.
“If you hate green, you must hate yourself. So, if you know you have anybody involved that has taken over the green areas or has taken over the parks to where you now do restaurants, no, we will not accept that. Sorry,” he said.
