Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has approved the constitution of Vetting Committees on the sales of Federal Government houses in the FCT and Titling of designated park plots as well as management of allied land parcels in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
In a statement signed by the Assistant Director Information and Customer service of the department, Mr Badaru Yakassai, the Director of Land Administration, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, stated this while inaugurating the Vetting committees in his office.
He said that the committees were inaugurated to implement ministerial directives, following the discovery of serious irregularities and infractions in the sale of Federal Government houses in the FCT.
The Director added that the said irregularities and fractions discovered include deviation from approval mandate, improper verifications, late payments, inadequate documentations, poor interdepartmental coordination and other specific infractions.
He however, reiterated that the FCT Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike had approved the constitution of the committees with a clear directives, mandates, and terms of reference, to ensure that all processes are completed within a reasonable time frame.
Nwankwoeze, further added that the vetting team on sales of Federal Government houses is expected to restore order, accountability, and transparency in line with the original 2003–2005 monetization and sales policy framework of the Federal Government.
He also announced that the vetting team on titling of designated park plots is to align the activities of the Department of Parks and Recreation with the current land reform policies of the FCT Administration.
According to the Director, the setting up of the vetting committees, was a bold and irreversible step toward restoring sanity and public trust in the FCTA.
He emphasized that the government has deployed machinery to put to rest all lingering issues surrounding the sales of Federal Governments houses and designated park plots in the territory.
He expressed confidence the constituted committees will ensure sanitation in the system and restore public confidence.
“This is because the FCT Minister has the ‘political will’ to drive it to a logical conclusion, and this forms part of the aspirations of the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu“, he stressed.
Victoria Ibanga