Wike To End Cattle Roaming On Abuja Streets

By: Wisdom Acka

The Federal Capital Territory Administration is presently working out modalities that will stop the indiscriminate movements or roaming of cattles on the streets of Abuja.

Accordingly, the era of cattle competing for traffic with human beings in the Federal Capital City are numbered.

This is as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reassured residents that efforts were on to end indiscriminate movement of cattle within the city centre.

He gave the assurance when the Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Bertrand, paid him a visit on Wednesday.

Wike disclosed that he had initiated multifaceted discussions with critical stakeholders on the need to end roaming of cattle in the city.

He also noted that fighting insecurity in the nation’s capital demands multifaceted approaches which the FCT Administration was already adopting to defeat criminalities.

According to him, his Administration has also intensified partnership drives with players from the private sector, with a view to beefing up security in the FCT.

Earlier, Ambassador Daniel Bertrand, who had raised concerns over the roaming of cattle on the streets of Abuja, expressed satisfaction, learning that the Minister had initiated a fight against the menace.

Bertrand also expressed interest in getting investors from his country to partner the FCTA in the development of the nation’s capital.