EnvironmentAbuja Environmental Protection Board Set To Recover Ten billion naira Debt From Hotels, Govt Agencies, Others

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ABUJA — The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) will seal some government offices, hotels, plazas, and other business premises that may be under lock and key over debt.

Recall that a Task Team was set up by the FCTA Permanent Secretary; Mr. Olusade Adesola to recover over Ten billion naira owed to the AEPB by several government agencies, business premises, and residential apartments in the nation’s capital.

This information was disclosed by the Director of AEPB, Osilama Briamah while addressing journalists on the issue, over the weekend explained that the Task Team which is to be headed by him has been mandated to apply all legal means to recover the huge sums of money from the debtors, adding that the debts accrued over time due to the failure of those concerned to pay for services rendered to them by the AEPB.

“Beginning from 5:30 am on Tuesday, April 19th, based on a court order already obtained by the AEPB, the Task Team will embark on mass seal-up of these facilities with the aim of recovering the huge money being owed.

 “All of us desire to live and work in a world-class city compared to other beautiful cities around the world. But we can only do that successfully if we behave as responsible citizens by paying our utility bills especially for solid and liquid waste collection”.

“Unfortunately, many agencies, residential apartments, hotels, plazas and so on, are not paying their bills as expected. That makes it difficult to raise the money needed to manage a mega-city like Abuja,” he said.

Briamah, however, said the affected debtors can avoid the impending embarrassment by ensuring prompt payment of their liabilities which are to be done through the Remita portal.

He lamented that the AEPB had made moves to provide soft-landing for the debtors through negotiated settlement but to no avail, adding that the only option left was to apply the legal means by enforcing the court order to seal-up the affected premises.

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)

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