ABUJA — The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation would seek forfeiture orders against livestock traders conducting businesses on major road corridors in the nation’s capital.
Mr. Ikharo Attah, chairman of the committee who disclosed this on Friday while leading his team on a raid of an illegal ram market around Dutse Alhaji, said the administration had sacked the market in the past, vowed to confiscate rams found in any illegal market in Abuja while the owners would be prosecuted in courts.
He also warned them to desist from such acts, as his committee would not hesitate to take legal actions against violators.
“We want to get the ram selling much organised but we found out that people appear not to be willing to sell rams in an organised manner. We have given them points where they can sell rams so that those who want to buy will do so and sacrifice to Allah in line with the teachings of Islam.”
“What we did today, we saw that the rams came and we rushed there but before we got there, they had evacuated the rams and ran away. We want to insist that everyone who wants to sell rams in this city must do that in only designated areas.”
“We have the Dei-Dei ram market, the Kugbo ram market, and all the abattoirs in Abuja which also have their ram markets attached and some few designated selling points in the city centre,” Attah said.
In a remark, the Head of Monitoring and Inspection, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Mr. Kaka Bello, said the administration would re-enforce the evacuation order on the illegal market.
“Livestock sellers should move to the designated markets, the FCTA will not condone situations where people take advantage of festive periods to litter the streets and road corridors with livestock,” Bello said.
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