{"id":60614,"date":"2025-02-05T18:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60614"},"modified":"2025-02-05T18:38:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:38:28","slug":"aepb-partners-40-contractors-to-maintain-cleanliness-in-fct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/05\/aepb-partners-40-contractors-to-maintain-cleanliness-in-fct\/","title":{"rendered":"AEPB Partners 40 Contractors to Maintain Cleanliness in FCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), has engaged 40 contractors to manage waste and maintain cleanliness in the Federal Capital City.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">AEPB Director, Osilama Braimah, disclosed this in Abuja, stating that the Board has fully paid the contractors and owes none.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He emphasized AEPB\u2019s responsibility for waste management and city sanitation in Maitama, Asokoro, Garki, Wuse, Guzape, Katampe, and other districts, including major roads like the Airport Road and Goodluck Jonathan Expressway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Braimah also highlighted the Board\u2019s role in clearing beggars, maintaining pedestrian bridges, and managing sewage systems across the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each contractor is assigned a specific area, with AEPB stepping in when necessary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When intervention occurs, the corresponding cost is deducted from the contractor\u2019s payment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Addressing concerns about refuse in satellite towns, Braimah clarified that only Abuja Municipal Area Council falls under AEPB\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He also noted the agency\u2019s efforts to curb noise pollution from nightclubs and public spaces using noise meters, though it does not regulate noise from moving vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), has engaged 40 contractors to manage waste and maintain cleanliness in the Federal Capital City. AEPB Director, Osilama Braimah, disclosed this in Abuja, stating that the Board has fully paid the contractors and owes none. He emphasized AEPB\u2019s responsibility for waste management and city sanitation in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60616,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60614\/revisions\/60616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}