Ensconced within the imposing structures of the twin-complex Federal Secretariat, Abuja, lies an uncompleted building which over the years has housed a shanty that doubles for some as residential and business points. The shanty, which exists outside the federal capital city master plan, without interference by government, is located in an abandoned building within the secretariat complex, with prominent government establishments, including the federal ministries of finance, education and health, as well as Louis Edet House (Nigeria Police Force Headquarters) among its neighbours. A PREMIUM TIMES reporter, who visited the spot over several weeks to monitor activities there gathered that the building is originally part of Phase Three of the federal secretariat. But it was not allocated to any ministry or agency because it was not completed. HOW IT ALL STARTED The federal secretariat office complex was built by the military regime of Ibrahim Babangida who ruled Nigeria between August 27, 1985 and August 27, 1993. Mr. Babangida transferred the seat of the federal government from Lagos to Abuja on December12, 1991. The particular uncompleted building has since existed in abandonment under several military and civilian administrations, from that of Mr. Babangida who built the secretariat, to those of Sani Abacha, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Olusegun Obasanjo, late Umar Yar’Adua, Goodluck Jonathan and now Muhammadu Buhari. Workers, who declined to be identified for fear of victimisation by government, said the illegal activities in the abandoned building and the general lawlessness of its occupants are well known at the secretariat. “The abandoned decking building is also an office complex. Babangida gave the job to contractors but they did not finish it,” a ministry staff said to the reporter. “Lots of people sleep in the federal secretariat. Millions of naira is allocated for the maintenance of the complex but the big bosses are squandering it,” said the worker when asked how such shanties could have escaped the attention of those maintaining the edifice. IT’S OUR HOME, SOURCE OF INCOME – DWELLERS www.omediablog.com/2017/10/shocking-see-shanty-dumpsite-that-is.html?m=1

Thank God this is not aba,we for no hear word.
Some dirty people that have not finished cleaning their v
bedroom will be sounding like it is only the east where they have seen dirt in their lives,while their kitchen is another dust bin.