Wike to revoke lands not developed 2 years after allocation
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved comprehensive reforms on land administration effective from April 21.
The director, FCT Land Administration Department Chijioke Nwankwoeze, made this known at a news briefing in Abuja.
He said under the new reform, the period within which to erect and complete developments on any land granted in the FCT is now two years from the date of the commencement of the R-of-O.
He said the new reform also stipulates that land allottees now have 21 days from the date of offer, to make full payment of all bills, fees, rents and charges prescribed on offers of Statutory Rights of Occupancy and submit a duly completed letter of acceptance alongside evidence of payments, or lose the offer.
On lands previously allocated by Area Councils, the law stipulates that all lands in the FCT are urban and it is necessary that all land documents issued by the Area Councils are considered for regularisation to statutory titles in line with relevant statutes.
He said, ‘’It should be noted that in 2006, the Zonal Land, Planning and Survey offices of the six Area Councils were directed to submit all Area Council allocation lists, layouts, files and registers to Abuja Geographic Information System (AGIS)/Lands Department, and this was done by the Area Councils.
‘’However, to date, out of the 261,914 Area Council land documents submitted for regularization, only 8,287 have been vetted, out of which only 2,358 were cleared, validated and regularized to statutory titles. The 8,287 were vetted from 2006 to 2023 (17 years), and this represents just 3.2% of the total land documents submitted for vetting and regularization. As at today, the FCT Administration is still left with 253,627 submissions in its database.
‘’Area Council land documents successfully vetted and confirmed would have statutory titles on such lands issued and the allottees will have 60 days to make full payments of all bills, fees, rents and charges prescribed, failure of which the offers shall become invalid.’’
On Mass Housing, the director said the minister directed in the new reform that there is urgent need to issue titles to the beneficiaries of Mass Housing and Sectional Interests, adding that all applications for titling are to be made by the subscribers/developers to the Department of land Administration for processing.
He said processing of titles for mass Housing and sectional interests shall commence on April 21, 2025, in line with the new operational framework.
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