The Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, (FCTA), has hinted that the Administration would establish Zonal offices to curb the indiscriminate sale of land by local chiefs in the territory.
The Mandate Secretary, Area Council Service Secretariat, Ibrahim Dantsoho gave these hints while speaking with Journalists in Abuja Nigeria’s capital.
Dantsoho stressed that the FCTA has forbidden all graded chiefs and persons from selling any portion of land within the FCT apart from the honorable minister of the FCT who is the only person empowered by law and has the right to allocate or revoke any land.
According to him, ’’I want to use this medium to tell those in the FCT to meet those in charge of land as the administration has an approved way in consideration of zonal office to curtail indiscriminate sales and purchase of land in FCT”.
He explained that the FCTA is on top of the situation as some of these chiefs are being relieved of their chieftain and others suspended because of the act.
“So am telling you that the administration is not taking this likely, we don’t encourage this and there is a severe punishment for anyone found wanting, would face the law and in the end, you will stand to lose whatever you are proud of as a village chief in the community”.
Dantsoho further stated that chiefs and traditional rulers are fond of selling or allocating lands in their chiefdom, but the administration has been on top of this and it is a matching order to him to stop this because he is close to the Chiefs.
Meanwhile, while commenting on cases of insecurity in the territory, Dantsoho emphatically stated that insecurity has been reduced to the barest minimum due to collaborations with security agencies and as such, stated that the inhabitants of the territory can now go to bed peacefully.
He added that drones are being deployed in strategic locations to beef up security in the territory.
“The FCT has beefed up security measures in the territory in collaboration with the service chiefs hence the cases of kidnapping and banditry have reduced because of the pro-activeness of the 2 ministers of the FCT.
“You can go to bed and sleep, the security situation has improved, lots of drones are around in FCT and I want to caution people that organize picnics to be aware which has led to lots of arrests in the territory’’ Dantsoho said
Olusola Akintonde
