The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom
Wike, on Tuesday, gave a final warning to defaulters of ground rent payment in
the nation’s capital, insisting that something would happen.
Wike gave the warning when the leadership of the Nigeria
Union of Journalists, NUJ, led by its President, Comrade Chris Isiguzo visited
him in Abuja.
The minister said that “something will surely happen”
contrary to the erroneous assumption that the ground rent directive was an
empty threat.
NAN recalls that the FCT Administration in September
published land titles of individuals, organisations, and agencies owing ground
rent.
In the publication, the FCTA reminded allottees of lands
within FCT of their obligations as stipulated in the Certificate of Occupancy
(C of O) to pay in advance without demand from Jan. 1 of each year.
The FCTA had warned that a breach or failure to comply with
any or all of the terms stated in the Rights of Occupancy shall be liable to
the revocation of the title.
The administration, therefore, advised all allottees,
property owners, and beneficiaries of the sale of Federal Government Houses in
the FCT to settle their outstanding ground rents or lose their titles.
Wike assured the defaulters that he would match his words
with action at the end of the grace period by revoking such plots.
“We have given defaulters a final notice to go and pay, and
they said it is initial “garagara” (false bravery). Something will happen.
“By the time we give the final notice, and you don’t pay,
the law will be applied,” he said.
He added that the FCTA was able to save significant
Internally Generated Revenue since the removal of the Administration from the
Treasury Single Account, adding that the era of abandoned projects in the FCT
was over.
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