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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has revoked 21 plots of land in Abuja’s Central Business District (CBD).

A revocation notice signed by the Permanent Secretary in the FCT istration, Olusade Adesola said the minister took the decision, “in the exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 28(5)(a) & (b) of the Land Use Act 1978”.

He said the lands were revoked “for continued contravention of the of development of the Right of Occupancy to wit non-development.”

Some of the allottees affected by the revocation include Lowe Lintas, Tourist Company of Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, CFA Motors, and Chidol Properties among others.

In another statement, the Director of Information and Communication in the FCTA, Muhammad Sule, said the minister has approved a three-month grace period for 189 titleholders, who have obtained Building Plan Approvals but are yet to commence development of on their property.

The statement read: “The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), has graciously approved a grace period of three months from the date of this publication for the under listed titleholders who have obtained building plan approvals to commence development of their plots; failure of which their titles shall be revoked for continued contravention of the of development of the Right- of –Occupancy.

Among those given the three-month grace are 21 embassies, and 168 others.

Some of the diplomatic missions are the Embassy of Ireland, the Embassy of , the Canadian High Commission, and Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Embassy of Turkey, and Embassy of the Peoples Republic of Angola, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Embassy of Philippines and Tanzania High Commission.

Others are the Embassies of the Syrian Republic, Iran, , Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Cote D’Ivoire, Argentina, Togo, Indonesia, and several government agencies including those of the FCT istration.

Equally given a three-month grace are the Abuja National Mosque Council, Abuja National Mosque Management Committee, Daily Times of Nigeria, Elf Petroleum, Access Bank, Federal Housing Authority, Adamu Ajuji Waziri, Isa Yuguda, Eyitayo Lambo, Abba Gana, Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, Nigerian Navy, Gamji Construction Limited, Lagos State Liaison Office, Nigeria Customs Service, John Kennedy Opara, Federal Fire Service and a host of others.

Accordingly, the affected property owners are to do so within the stipulated period or have their title revoked in line with the provisions of the law, said Sule.

He said the gesture has only been extended to both individuals and corporate organizations who have shown the desire to develop their property by obtaining Building Plan approvals but are yet to start proper development on their property situated within the Federal Capital City FCC.

He added: “Similarly, public institutions that have land titles within the Federal Capital City but are yet to develop same, have also been given a grace period of three months to commence development in order to avoid sanction.

“Thus, the Minister has extended this gesture to 189 property owners due to their desire to develop the property by obtaining Building Plan Approvals which is a prerequisite for the development of any property in the Federal Capital Territory.

“The owners of these plots were exempted from revocation because they have already demonstrated firm commitment towards developing their property by obtaining necessary documents from the FCT istration.

It urged the affected property owners to take advantage of the Minister’s gesture and develop their plots as published in some National Dailies, in line with the of the Offer of the Right- Of- Occupancy.

“The FCT istration, therefore, appealed to the affected Public Institutions who have been allocated plots within the FCC to commence development of their plots, failure of which their titles shall be revoked for continued contravention of the of development of the Right of Occupancy.

“The plots in these categories belong to individuals and corporate organizations, as well as Public Institutions who have continually failed to keep to the of the agreement as contained in Section 28(5) (a) & (b) of the Land Use Act offering and conveying of the Right of Occupancy”.

The land revocation is in addition to the ones published last Friday where form governors, lawmakers and other highly places personalities were affected.

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HE WANTs to revoke lands of foriegn embassies also?

THIS WIkE na "drowning dundee" RIVERs STATE is not ABUJA.


NIGERIANs will SHOW the PUNK real actions soon...

Yoruba ers of TINUBU, see UNA guy....so worthless

Mr project indeed

BiafranPatriot:
HE WANTs to revoke lands of foriegn embassies also?

THIS WIkE na "drowning dundee" RIVERs STATE is not ABUJA.


NIGERIANs will SHOW the PUNK real actions soon...

Yoruba ers of TINUBU, see UNA guy....so worthless

Wike is doing the right thing. Is not everything you'd turn to politics abeg.

Gentleman Wike
Nice man, you are doing well.

Wike d wick*d

Those given 3 months grace period only need to brace up and start their building projects.

They can as well sell to those who with financial capacity, willing to buy and ready to start building. At least the properties must have appreciated in value.

Civil Engineers, Construction Companies, Contractors, Building Material's Sellers, Site Engineers, Labourers and so on will benefit from this move.

God Bless Nigeria.

I dnt understand,who fit help me explain.

North no be Rivers o. wike the Wicked take tins easy

Revoke them and do what with them exactly ?

All those contravenig the laws of development should have any of their properties constructed or under construction demolished. They should also be heavily fined.

I however feel revocation of their titles perhaps a step too far.

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Wike no mind them, we dey your back

Bad man wike

Hmm. Wike should take it easy o. He is moving with the speed of a bulldozer. Any small miscalculation could have far-reaching consequences. He needs to soft-pedal. The idea that to be a performing FCT Minister is to pull down structures and revoke occupancies all over the place is not good. You mix carrot and stick. People are going through stuff, big and small. I saw motorcycles being destroyed. Not okay. PBAT should call the Rivers guy to order!

Hello

He gave grace to embassies. This reminds me of when Ghana chased Nigeria out of Nigérian embassy in Accra.

Gifty2015:
Wike the IPOB slayer

Dey play, wike is about to demolish the batcher house you pman stay in at abuja.

If Wike can threaten the and Canada... 😂

For one irrespective of political, tribal or ethnic sentiments, this is a right step in the right direction.

Especially as it concerns the foreign embassies, It's high time we make them do the right thing here in Nigeria.

As for other owners, I believe the lands were acquired with some clauses, if so they should fulfill their own obligation.

I'm an ardent er of PETER OBI, however this is good...

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Wike is eyeing 2027 presidential election with all this eye service that he's doing

Go on, we gat ya back

This essential buffoon with a frog voice will soon ruin this government if care is not taken. He failed to plan Port Harcourt; one of the most unplanned and disorganized ghetto I have ever seen in my life. You gave revocation for what? When you demolish those structures what do you tend to replace them with? Just because you want to appear relevant and fight few enemies...

Development will be massive in ABJ by this year/next year

kokoA:
Wike is doing the right thing. Is not everything you'd turn to politics abeg.

Revoking Embassies right to properties and sending them back to their country thereby making businesses and travel policies hard is a good thing? And you have the bragging rights to say Nigerian port is worthless!
You see this two faced life you are living, Make i no say anything. Una go say another thing, go for back go say another thing, and you term yourself a human being.
You go hear bad word, but no be my side you go see am from.

All Tinubu ers are so dull, that you trust a man that betrayed his party?

Truly , i am not surprised how Tinubu recruits you people. he knows you are shallow.

kokoA:
Wike is doing the right thing. Is not everything you'd turn to politics abeg.

Indeed

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