The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the revocation of 1,095 landed properties belonging to some prominent Nigerians, government establishments and private organisations in Abuja for failing to pay ground rent and land use conversion fee.
This revocation was contained in a public notice that accompanied a release by his Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Friday.
The notice issued by the FCTA was titled: “Commencement of enforcement actions on defaulters of Ground Rent payments, Land Use Conversion Fee, C-of-O bills.”
According to the document, of the 1,095 listed individuals and organisations, 835 of them defaulted in the payment of ground rent, while 260 defaulted in payment of the violation fee and land use conversion fee thereby contravening the provisions of Section 28, Subsections 5(a) and (b) o
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