Victoria Mgbanwa
The Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister Nyesom Wike plans to revoke plots belonging to 21 Foreign Embassies and 168 others on failure to develop them within three months.
A statement by Muhammad Hazat Sule, the Director of Information of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), said that the minister insisted that the foreign embassies and the other 189 titleholders, must commence the development of their properties as per the Building Plan Approvals.
The Embassies of Ireland, France, the Canadian High Commission, the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Embassy of Turkey, the Embassy of the Peoples Republic of Angola, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Embassy of the Philippines and Tanzania High Commission, these are Some of the diplomatic missions he plans to revoke.
Others are the Embassies of the Syrian Republic, Iran, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, Algeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Cote D’Ivoire, Argentina, Togo, Indonesia and several government agencies including those of the FCT Administration.
Those who are also affected by the three-month grace are the Abuja National Mosque Council, Abuja National Mosque Management Committee, Daily Times of Nigeria, Elf Petroleum, Access Bank, Federal Housing Authority, Adamu Ajuji Waziri, Isa Yuguda, Eyitayo Lambo, Abba Gana, Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, Nigerian Navy, Gamji Construction Limited, Lagos State Liaison Office, Nigeria Customs Service, John Kennedy Opara, Federal Fire Service and a host of others.
The Minister has already revoked the following plots in Abuja’s Central Business District CBD “for continued contravention of the terms of development of the Right of Occupancy to wit non-development.”
They include Lowe Lintas, Tourist Company of Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, CFA Motors, and Chidol Properties among others.
