Flooding: FCTA reviews 47-yr old Master Plan, blames scavengers, ageing infrastructure

By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: The Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA has disclosed that it is reviewing the 1979 Abuja Master Plan to accommodate new realities in the capital city, even as it attributed recurrent flooding in parts of Abuja to scavengers stealing drainage covers and ageing infrastructure that has failed to keep pace with the city’s rapid expansion.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by Lere Olayinka, a senior aide to the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, following heavy downpour in Abuja on Saturday which led to flooding in some areas of the capital.
Olayinka said the flood witnessed last Saturday “was another reminder of the seasonal reality of...