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Demolition of Popular UTC Complex in Abuja: Insights and Implications

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said the demolition of the 30-year-old UTC complex was carried out to give way to a better restructuring of the complex. The Deputy Director of Monitoring and Inspection, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Hassan Ogbole, said the structures were overdue for restructuring to fit into a complex shopping model required to grow Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). He said that the structures were defective and there was a need to upgrade them to meet up with global business standards.
 
 
UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished as shop owners and scavengers hustle to recover what is left of it.
UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished as shop owners and scavengers hustle to recover what is left of it.


Mr Ogbole said that provisions had been made for the traders and other occupants of the complex to enable easy reconstruction of the complex.
He added that several notices had been given to the occupants to enable them enough time to move out and allow the reconstruction to start.
“The place is in a state of disrepair, the place is no longer habitable for occupation and business activities.
“There is a need to give way to a new development.
“The company handling the development has informed the Department of Development Control and we are here to enforce compliance.
 
“We have given enough notices for them to remove their goods, to enable us to start the work,” he said.
Also speaking, Peter Olumiji, Secretary, Command and Control, FCTA Department of Security, said demolishing the complex was needed to curtail security challenges in the FCT.
He added that aside from the need to restructure the complex, there was a need to curtail criminal activities prevalent in the area, such as thuggery and faking of official documents.
A trader in the complex, Samuel Onuchukwu, said the traders and other occupants of the complex were worried about the development because the temporary site provided for them was not secured for business activities.
He said that many of the traders were yet to remove their goods and properties from the complex as the demolition took them unaware.
“We woke up early this Saturday morning to learn that the whole UTC area had been barricaded and demolition ongoing, with people’s personal goods still trapped inside.
“This is really unfair,” he said.
 
 
UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished as shop owners and scavengers hustle to recover what is left of it.
UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished

Another trader, Rosemary Clement, said though notice had been given to them they did not act on it because the matter was still in court.
“I sell award plaques here for over 12 years and this is what I have been using to train my kids in school. I don’t even know where to start with this development,” she said.
“We have been waiting for the relocation for months and some of us had paid for it.“So while waiting for them to assign our slot to us, we continued our businesses here pending when they finish all agreement with our executive members,” he added.

 

UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished as shop owners and scavengers hustle to recover what is left of it.
UTC, Area 10 Abuja, demolished as shop owners and scavengers hustle to recover what is left of it.




Source: Premiumtimesng.com

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