Abia Govt Moves Against Theft Of Public Property By Scavengers
Abia State government has frowned at the rising reports of theft of government and private property by suspected scrap collectors and other thieves, who allegedly sell such stolen valuable property to scrap dealers at “give-away” prices.
The property being stolen includes electrical cables, transformer components, railway materials, manhole covers, iron sheets, street lights, and household iron items.
Speaking in Umuahia on Friday during a meeting with members of scrap dealers and scavengers, Abia State Commissioner for Environment, Philemon Ogbonna, described the ugly development as sabotage and a financial strain on the owners of the stolen property.
Ogbonna, who said that the State government would not allow the situation to continue, noted that such criminal activities raised security concerns.
He explained that the meeting with the dealers was to put together the best ideas on how to sanitize their operations through a lawful framework and not to obstruct any business.
The Commissioner for Environment directed the scrap dealers and scavengers to obtain the Abia State Social Security Identification Number and to register their operations with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).
Ogbonna, who said that the policy was to sanitize the system and prevent unlawful activities by dealers, also directed the operators to exist under one government-recognized union.
Mr Uwakwe Oke and Ukachi Emenike, who responded on behalf of scrap dealers and scavengers, pledged their support to Abia State government’s sanitation and reform policies, promising that they would not allow thieves in their fold.
They, however, called on the State government to investigate the extortion of their members in the State by individuals.
Abia Govt moves against theft of public property by scavengers
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