The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in Nigeria has warned area councils officials against giving approval for land in any part of the territory.
Director of Development Control Department in the FCT, TpL Mukhtar Galadima, gave the warning on the background of a recent demolition of some poultry farms in Kubwa, a suburb of the Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja.
He said that all approvals for land allocations in the territory must be endorsed by the FCT minister.
Galadima frowned that, some people usually go behind the scene to use the name of area councils in the territory to grant or back date land approvals to unsuspecting residents, which he noted is totally illegal, adding that the department would address the challenge, as part of its plans for 2021.
The Director while explaining that the poultry farms in Kubwa were demolished by the department, noted that the farms were operating on a site designated as
Kubwa District Centre, meant to accommodate facilities, such as stadium complex, shopping complex, markets and others facilities in the area.
He hinted that the department has plans to organise a joint parley with heads of the area councils in the FCT, to tackle the challenge and to address the public on the roles and responsibilities of the department to avoid illegalities.
Galadima revealed that as part of the new FCT Parking Policy, the act of having event centres in parks and gardens in the territory is totally unacceptable, adding that the department has stopped giving approvals to event centres in parks and gardens n the FCT.
He explained further that the department also carried a demolition exercise on illegal structures at Tee & Cee Park in Area 3 yesterday, because there was an abuse of development plan in the area.
“There are illegal structures built within the stream corridor, open spaces and green area, at the park, which was discovered in the course of our monitoring exercise in parts of the city, and after serving them relevant notices, we removed the illegal structures“, he added
