Not less than N4.8bn is being expended annually, to evacuate wastes in the major districts of Abuja, covering phases one to three, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Muhammad Bello has said.
Bello said this when he addressed and declared open the 15th National Council of Environment (NCE) which held in Abuja for the “Appraisal of the Emerging Challenges and the Opportunities in the Environment Sector, a call for Action Towards the Environment of our Dream.”
Bello said the pressure of the city which was organized was on the one hand as he described the waste disposal cost of the Satellite towns to the city as “another thing.”
The Minister who said the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), had a focus of going green pointed out that one of the major challenges of the city in this direction was the transportation system.
In view of this, the FCT minister, Mallam Bello, requested the intervention of the ministry of environment to support the territory in conversion of street and traffic lights in the city centre, to be in compliance with green initiative.
“The pressure of handling municipal waste is very expensive, we spend on the average, N400 million per month on Phase 1, Phase 2 and phase 3.
“Going to the other Satellite town is something else, if you look at that in a year you will be talking of N4.8b annually.
“I am sure as we discuss issues of global warming climate change, carbon emissions control, let us know that physically it is a huge challenge but also it is a good opportunity, to convert waste to wealth, it is a reality, as honourable commissioners in your various state, this is something you can look at, he advised.
“It has to be funded, it is very clear from experience here, that it cannot just be done by government alone, partnership between the government and the private sector
“Our focus as we move forward is to gradually replace the power system here, I will like to appeal to the honourable minister of environment to complete this up, as we retrofit a number of traffic light in the various inter-sections also a number of street light, all to go solar.
“I hope you will also be able to create a window in your 2022 mechanism, either, under the green wall or any other facilities available, so that we can support, the city of Abuja as well as other cities in Nigeria.
“On the long term, we are trying to oversee, though gradually, support system as we are going to make this extension go clean, particularly for our public transportation.
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