The Federal Government has threatened to revoke land titles of top government functionaries and officials, including President Bola Tinubu, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, state governments, and top commercial banks, among others.
In a publication of names of over 9,000 ground rent debtors on Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration gave a two-week ultimatum within which to make the payment of the outstanding ground rent for 2023, or risk having their titles revoked.
“The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) hereby wishes to remind the general public, particularly allotee(s)/title holder(s) of plot(s) of land within the Federal Capital Territory, of their obligations to the FCTA as stipulated in the covenanted terms of the Statutory Rights of Occupancy/Certificate of Occupancy to wit: “pay in advance without demand to the Federal Capital Territory Administration the annual ground rent from the first date of January of each year.
“All allottees/property owners, as well as beneficiaries of the sale of Federal Government Houses in the FCT who have not paid or settled their outstanding ground rent for the year 2023, are hereby advised in their interest to ensure payment within two (2) weeks from the date of this publication, failure of which such titles shall be revoked,” the publication reads.
Among some of the top officials mentioned in the publication were former Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; former Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele; and former Federal Commissioner of Internal Affairs, Umaru Shinkafi.
Others were former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi; former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso; former Governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda; and former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke.
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