{"id":72879,"date":"2025-08-12T12:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72879"},"modified":"2025-08-12T12:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:03:25","slug":"fcta-clears-utc-complex-in-ongoing-cleanup-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/12\/fcta-clears-utc-complex-in-ongoing-cleanup-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"FCTA Clears UTC Complex in Ongoing Cleanup Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), recently conducted a major clearance operation at the UTC Complex, targeting accumulated refuse and makeshift shanties described as a \u201cdark spot\u201d and a haven for criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Led by the Director of Development Control, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima, taskforce teams began by clearing a dumpsite near the UTC Complex before moving to areas known for harboring criminal elements.<\/p>\n<p>Galadima said the operation was mandated by the FCT Security Council as part of a wider initiative to improve city sanitation and security.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the cleanup is not a one-time effort, revealing plans to secure the cleared area with fencing to prevent future encroachments.<\/p>\n<p>The zone, situated within the designated transit corridor under the Abuja Master Plan, will be protected to maintain urban planning standards and enhance safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), recently conducted a major clearance operation at the UTC Complex, targeting accumulated refuse and makeshift shanties described as a \u201cdark spot\u201d and a haven for criminal activities. Led by the Director of Development Control, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima, taskforce teams began by clearing a dumpsite near [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":72880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72879","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72881,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72879\/revisions\/72881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}