The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have concluded plans to commence profiling of ‘panteker’ markets’ operators in the territory, through security agencies in Abuja.

Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council, Felix Obuah disclosed this during a meeting with officials of the pantaker markets’ operators across the FCT, in Abuja, explaining that the move was to ensure effective monitoring and regulation of the operations of all pantaker markets in the FCT.

According to him, the move, was to ensure that only legitimate pantakers operate across the FCT, as part of efforts to curb the menace of vandalism in the territory.

Obuah also revealed that a recent raid across some pantaker markets by the Police and other security agencies had led to the recovery of public items worth more than N1billion.

“Therefore, the FCT Administration and security agencies have decided that all pantaker operators must be registered and profiled, This will enable us to identify the genuine ones and determine who is doing what, how and where.

“This will also ensure effective monitoring and regulation of pantaker activities by both security agencies, Abuja Market Management Ltd and AMMC,” he said.

Obuah explained that the pantaker operators were also required to register their buyers, and supplies, expressing that the FCT Administration would like to know who and who supplies them.

He therefore advised the pantaker operators against buying illegal properties and patronising vandals, stressing that there would be no supply if there was no demand, urging them to alert security agencies whenever someone brings something suspicious to sell to them.

9News Nigeria, reports that the FCT Security Council, had on January 13 announced a two-week suspension of operation of all pantaker markets in the territory.

Pantaker is a market for the sales of fairly used items and scrap iron, including furniture and home appliances.