FCT to develop Kukwaba recreational park

The FCT Administration has set up a nine-man ministerial task force to ensure the development of Kukwaba recreational park, located within the cadastral zone B00, in phase II of the Federal Capital City.

The committee, comprising of stakeholders from relevant departments, was constituted recently, following months of collaborative efforts, site visitation and inventory of all plots to ascertain the level of complexity in development within the district.

According to a statement signed by PRO of the FCT Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Felicia Anthony -Okoroi, over the years, kukwaba District has witnessed a lot of development, in clear violation of the Abuja master plan as well as provisions of the detailed land use of the district.

It said membership of the committee includes; Mohammad L. Hussain, a Deputy Director from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Uche Udozor, Department of Parks and Recreation, Ukpanah, Department of Development Control.

Others Ohammah Perpetua, Department of Resettlement and Compensation, Engr Tunau, Department of Engineering Services as well as Mr Ikya Joseph Kumalin representing the Director of Land Admin, Charity Olla, Department of Survey and Mapping, Mr Isiaku Alfa from AGIS and Engr. Uno from Department of Engineering Design and Evaluation.

It was recommended that necessary resettlement process be embarked upon without delay to facilitate the resettling of the two existing villages of Kuchingoro and Karmajiji where most of the uncoordinated development falls within. are;