Abia begins enforcement against street trading, others
ABIA State Harmonised Task Force (ASHTF), Aba Zone, on Tuesday, began enforcement against street trading, illegal parking, indiscriminate dumping of refuse and all manner of environmental nuisance.
ASHTF Aba Zone, led by Uche Wogu, mayor of Aba South Local Government Area, began the enforcement from Bata Junction to Aba Main Park and the entire city centre, after two weeks of sensitization.
Wogu, while addressing newsmen during the exercise, said that ASHTF will ensure that all wrong methods of enforcement are eliminated from the system.
“What will change is that nothing will be business as usual. There’s a massive reorientation of the mentality of the people of this town. In the past, you had all sorts of people in the task force, who were reckles. Now, we believe in the rule of law.
“You see people jumping into vehicles, causing accidents and all manner
of things. ASHTF has six zones, two in Umuahia, and four in Aba and each zone has mobile courts attached to them.
“We have four mobile courts in Aba Area and when anybody defaults, we’ll make use of the mobile courts and the court will issue the penalty
charges because each offence sort, adding that ASHTF has the penalty. is a task force with a difference.
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No offence has a cash payment everything has “We’ll do our job with to be paid into the single a human face. We will treasury account.” use the mobile courts
Emmanuel Ahumibe, adequately. From obstruction, coordinator of ASHTF illegal parking, Aba Zone-b also assured street trading and many residents that there will other things must go,” be no harassment of any he said.