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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of the popular COVID-19 market in Area 11, Abuja.<\/p>\n

Director of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Osi Braimah, disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the demolition of shanty stores built in the market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe removal of shanties and illegal settlements in Area 11 and some parts of the city is to curb the incessant insecurity faced by residents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an ongoing exercise by various agencies of the FCT; AEPB has been given a marching order by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to scale up demolition of all shanties, illegal settlements, and squatter camps in the FCT.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been doing this for a long time, primarily because this scaling up will improve city sanitation and also cater for the attendant problem of insecurity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of the popular COVID-19 market in Area 11, Abuja. Director of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Osi Braimah, disclosed this while speaking with journalists during the demolition of shanty stores built in the market. \u201cThe removal of shanties and illegal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":98329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[347,1570,2140,254,454],"class_list":["post-98330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-abuja","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"\nWike orders demolition of popular Abuja market - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of the popular COVID-19 market in Area 11, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike orders demolition of popular Abuja market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has ordered the demolition of the popular COVID-19 market in Area 11, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-22T19:56:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-22T22:23:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/sm_1697997058.86647.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"719\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike orders demolition of popular Abuja market\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-22T19:56:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-22T22:23:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\"},\"wordCount\":156,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/sm_1697997058.86647.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-orders-demolition-of-popular-abuja-market\",\"name\":\"Wike orders demolition of popular Abuja market - 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