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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says arrangements have been concluded to sanction owners of 435 uncompleted and abandoned structures in Federal Capital City (FCC), Abuja.
This is contained in a statement signed by the FCTA Director of Land Administration, Alhaji Adamu Hussaini, on Tuesday in Abuja.
Hussaini said that the measure is aimed at ensuring adequate protection of lives and property in and around the 250 square kilometres of the FCC, Abuja,
“To ensure adequate protection of lives and property in and around the 250 square kilometres of the FCC, the administrator may have concluded arrangements to sanction owners of 435 abandoned/uncompleted structures.”
The director, who revealed that the sanction may include revocation of titles, advised the owners of such abandoned and uncompleted buildings within the City to swiftly work towards the completion of those buildings.
According to him, such structures have become a source of security breaches in the city.
“The security breach is of great concern to the government and that it will not fold its arms to watch danger in the waiting to explode. This development has been a cause of worry for the FCT Administration.
“These abandoned and uncompleted buildings have become a shelter for unintended occupants as well as other persons with criminal disposition, who use these uncompleted structures as a hideout to perpetuate their nefarious activities against the residents.”
He also disclosed that the same fate may befall owners of about 600 undeveloped plots in the FCC.
He emphasised that such undeveloped plots have remained an eyesore in Abuja despite the huge amount of money spent to provide basic infrastructures in the districts.
Hussaini recalled that the owners of undeveloped plots scattered around the Abuja metropolis have been warned severally in the past, yet some remain recalcitrant.
He disclosed that though there exist thousands of uncollected Certificates of Occupancy in the vaults, the Department has conveyed 495 Certificates of Occupancy to owners from January to Dec. 2021.
The director, however, implored other allottees to come over and pick their Certificates as such action would help lubricate the economic activities of the territory.
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