The Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of Apo Resettlement Scheme on Wednesday recorded a major breakthrough in the resolution of the problems that have hindered the successful implementation of the scheme.
The Ministerial Committee during its meeting received an 11-man team set up by the Garki Indigenes to represent the four communities of Garki Gbagyi, Garki Hausa, Akpanjenya and Apo in the implementation of the Apo Resettlement Scheme.
Members of the team include President of Garki Youth Association, Joel Yezegbe; Youth Leader of Garki Hausa, Mallam Abdulwahab Musa; Daniel Vundabo, representing Apo Community; and Yohanne Gade, representing Akpanjenya Community.
Engineer Josiah Shinkpe, Ayuba Tanbo and Christopher Zakka are representing Garki Gbagyi in the Committee; Alhaji Abubakar Musa Liman and Alhaji Danlami Bala are representing Garki Hausa; while Prince Gbaiza Gimba and Elisha Baba are representing Greater Gbagyi Development Initiative.
In a letter presented to the Implementation Committee, the Sa-Peyi of Garki, His Royal Highness Alhaji Usman Nga-Kupi, and his Council of Chiefs reiterated their commitment to work with other members of the Committee in the realization of its terms of reference.
“We hereby state without any fear or contradiction that we are impress with the job of the Fact Finding Committee. We admit that the recommendations of the Committee were fair and just,” they noted.
The Chairman of the Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of Apo Resettlement, Alhaji Yusuf Tsaiyabu, who received the Garki representatives at the meeting, commended their decision to be part of the committee.
Tsaiyabu stated that the decision was in the best interest of the Communities and a cardinal step towards resolution of the lingering problems bedeviling the scheme.
Meanwhile, the Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of Apo Resettlement Scheme has constituted four Sub-committees in a bid to fast-track the realization of the terms of reference of the committee.
Tsaiyabu named the Sub-committees as: Policy Implementation Sub-committee, Community Liaising and Participation Sub-committee, Data Verification Sub-committee, and Movement Sub-committee.
The Policy Implementation Sub-committee is headed by the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Hon. Micah Jiba, while the Community Liaising and Participation Sub-committee is chaired by Director of Inspection, Planning and Management of Area Council Services Secretariat, Architect Joshua Kaura.
The Director of Resettlement and Compensation, Francis Okechukwu, heads the Data Verification Sub-committee, while the Special Adviser on Lands to Permanent Secretary, FCTA, heads the Movement Sub-committee.
Addressing the Committee members at the meeting on Wednesday, Tsaiyabu said: “I urge all members to see the issue at hand as very crucial and I expect 100 per cent participation by every member of the sub-committees. All the sub-committees are expected to submit their reports by 27th March, 2013.”
It would be recalled that the Minister of State for the FCT, Oloye Olajumoke Akinjide, had on February 14, 2013, inaugurated the Ministerial Committee on the Implementation of Apo Resettlement Scheme.
The Implementation Committee is chaired by the Director of Admin and Finance, Area Council Services Secretariat, Alhaji Yusuf Tsaiyabu, with the Special Assistant to the Minister of State on Resettlement, Mr. Benedict Ogenyi, serving as secretary of the committee.
Appointed as Members of the Implementation Committee were the Director of Urban and Regional Planning, Alhaji Suleiman Abubakar (vice-chairman); Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, Hon. Micah Jiba; Director of Security in FCT, Alhaji Bashir Mohammed; Director of Inspectorate, Planning and Management, Area Council Services Secretariat, Architect J.S. Kaura; Director of Satellite Towns Development Agency, Alhaji Tukur Ibrahim Bakori; Director of Development Control, Yahaya Yusuf, and Director of Resettlement & Compensation, Mr. Francis Okechukwu.
Other members include: Director of Lands in FCT, Alhaji Mainasara Babayo; Special Adviser (Lands) to the Permanent Secretary, Chief Steven Awoniyi; Special Assistant (Lands) to the Minister of FCT, Alhaji Hussaini Badeggi; Special Assistant (Legal) to the Minister of State for FCT, Mr. Festus Tsavsar; representative of Public Building, Mr. Momohjimoh Ibrahim; representative of Department of State Service, Mr. Adebowale Sanusi; Deputy Director of Monitoring & Control, Resettlement Department, Alhaji Baba Kura Umar, and Chairman of FCT Press Corps, Mr. Sam Ogbeifun.
The Terms of Reference of the Committee includes implementing the recommendations contained in the Report of the Ministerial Committee on Facts Finding and the Way Forward on Apo Resettlement Scheme.
Other terms of reference of the committee are:
* To liaise with the Urban and Regional Planning Department and ensure that the final design of Garki Village is prepared for implementation in order to determine the exact number of houses to be left within the integrated area;
* To consider complaints or omissions on allocations and other related issues that might have been outstanding;
* To effect immediate movement of the three communities (Garki, Apo and Akpajenya) to the Apo Resettlement site.
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