The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked illegal occupants at the proposed Abuja Technology Village site, along Airport Road, to vacate the area.
Wike gave the directive when he visited the area in Abuja on Monday.
The former Rivers State governor was accompanied by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Mr Uche Nnaji.
The minister said that he would direct the Department of Development Control to issue the illegal occupants an ultimatum to leave, adding that the indigenous community in the area had been compensated since 2015.
“I am not impressed with what I am seeing. We don’t lack the political will. If you don’t take action, people will not believe that anything is possible.
“I will call the Development Control Department and give them an ultimatum for these people to leave. They have been compensated since 2015.
“I urge those who settled here illegally to know that we will not hesitate to move them out. No amount of campaign will stop us from doing the right thing,” he said.
Wike advised the management of the Abuja Technology Village to take possession of the space, fence the area and show some level of presence.
He explained that he invited Nnaji to accompany him to the site so that he could take control of the place and see how investors could come in.
Wike asked the management of the Technology Village to send him an estimate of what would be required to erect a befitting office on the site.
