Nasir Imam
9 November 2009
Abuja — With lots of opportunities created in the solid waste disposal and utilization in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja households may commence withholding their waste and sell them to the highest bidder.
The FCT Minister, Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero dropped this hint at the commissioning of 10 Compacting Truck from Ukraine which, he said will radically change the pattern of waste management in the Federal Capital Territory, going by the expertise expected to provide all these services.
According to him, "with all the arrangements being worked out under the Public-Private-Partnership to generate electricity and fertilizer from waste in addition to the efforts being made by the Federal Government, households in Abuja will very soon enjoy the liberty of selling their waste".
Senator Aliero reiterated that the partnership will require high volume of solid waste which would call for stiff competition among the two dump sites now being worked upon.
The Minister said that the era of uncollected refuse would soon be a thing of the past in the Federal Capital Territory since solid waste would continuously be needed to generate electricity as well as the production of fertilizer.
He stressed that solid waste in ones household will now become wealth since the residents may hold onto them until a better bargain is achieved which no doubt will be a very good development in the maintenance of our environment.
His words: "However, that would not stop the FCT Administration from performing its statutory function of refuse collection and disposal in order to keep the city clean to international standard". Senator Aliero recall that the Federal Executive Council last week approved the sum of about N2.5 billion for 20 lots of Cleaning Contractors in the Federal Capital City for their annual job performance.
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