The Senate on Wednesday, reaffirmed its resolve to investigate former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan over the alleged violation of the master plan of the Federal Capital Territory- Abuja.
The FCT ministers who served under Obasanjo and Jonathan are also expected to be probed by the Senate.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye stated that as a government of change, it was prepared to send any one found guilty to Kuje Prison.
He lamented the bastardization of the Abuja master plan while noting that the former FCT ministers allocated to themselves and their associates- green areas designed for flood drains, city buffers, recreations, urban farming, reserved land and undevelopable areas.
“With this administration of change, it is no longer going to be business as usual. Permit me to remind FCT administration again by stating that this committee will not hesitate to ensure that all administrative anomalies, misappropriation of funds or misapplication of laws as the case may be, occasioned by the past administrations of FCT, are fully addressed. This is what justice demands in these circumstances; to right the wrongs.
“Therefore, the committee is worried and frowns on satanic and misleading advice and recommendation to convert very important and beautiful natural endowments or features which are very scanty like the world acclaimed Maitama Hills, popularly known as Ministers’ Hills, which could serve as a tourist attraction to the residents of FCT.”
“I want to state here again that if the bourgeois of this country need a special allocation, a new district can be dedicated to them and not destroy the beauty of the city centre, a national monument like the Maitama Hills.”
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