EndSARS: FCT Minister Inaugurates Committee To Assess Damages

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has inaugurated an 18-member Ministerial Committee to assess the extent of losses and damages occasioned by the EndSARS protest.

The information was disclosed in a press release issued by the Chief Press Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Anthony Ogunleye, on Thursday.

According to the statement, the committee is expected to visit and assess the extent of damage to the individual and public properties in the territory and assign value.

Affected persons are to be identified and their losses ascertained. The committee would “Identify lives affected and assess the loss suffered; recommend level and modalities of compensation.

“Advise the FCT Administration generally on measures to forestall future occurrences,” the statement said.

To lead the committee is the Director, FCT Emergency Management Agency, Abass Idris and the Deputy Director Security in the FCTA, Abdullateef Bello, as Secretary.

Other members include representatives of the FCT Traditional Institutions, security agencies, mass media, the Chairmen of AMAC and Bwari Area Councils and relevant departments of the FCTA.

Speaking on behalf of the members, the Committee Chairman, Abass Idris pledged the commitment of the committee to work tirelessly to get the job done and prayed that the FCT does not witness such wanton destruction of the property again

Present at the inauguration were the FCT Permanent Secretary, Olusade Adesola, Chief of Staff to the FCT Minister Bashir Mai –Bornu, the Executive Secretary, FCDA, Umar Jibrin, members of the Committee and senior members of staff of the FCTA.