Why office of commissioner for
state capital territory should be removed in Enugu state
Since the inception of this administration,
the overlap of ministries became obvious more prominent is the ministry of
state capital territory, whose functions as established under Enugu capital
development authority law no 5, 2009 has the following functions .
1.
Updating of
master plan of Enugu capital territory with relevant MINISTRIES
where necessary
2.
Restoring the
city to proper standards by continuous monitoring of development standards
3.
Recovery of
public parks and green areas
4.
Identify rundown neighborhoods
and/or slump and coordinate the relevant MDA for redevelopment
5.
Advising government
on the development of Enugu capital territory
6.
Enforcement of
compliance with appropriate standards in the provision of municipal services in
Enugu state capital territory.
From the above functions one
can deduce that this ministry was created to check mate other ministries and
the local government in the capital territory to make sure that they are discharging
their duties within the capital territory adequately.
These overlap of authority has
caused disagreement between the local governments that make up the state
capital /the ministry of state capital territory and the other ministry
/ministry of the capital territory. This confusion rears its head because the
heads of capital territory has bequeathed to themselves all duties within the
state capital. No wonder who takes ownership
of traffic warden within the state capital, who collects dues and levies within
the capital and recently who maintains bus stop
has because a recurrent issue between MDAs and the ministry of capital territory.
One should not be deceived by
the creation of minister of the federal capital because that serves as the
governor of Abuja and all that makes the FCT.
We call on the state house of
assembly to either scrap this ministry or amend its duties to avoid class of
interest in discharge of duties—Onoja Onoyima (Mbu)
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