FCTA Constitutes Vetting Teams On Area Councils And Mass Housing Plots Regularization

By: Badaru Yakasai

Major step has been taken to resolve decades long problems of regularization of plots allocation in the six Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Accordingly, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the leadership of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved the constitution of Vetting Teams to fast-track the process.

The FCT Director of Land Administration, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, stated this while inaugurating the Vetting Teams in his office, Thursday.

The Director reiterated that the Minister approved the constitution of the Vetting Teams with a clear directives, mandates and terms of reference to ensure that all processes are completed within a reasonable time frame.

According to him, the FCT Administration noted that the constituted Vetting Teams will resolve the age long problems of titling of Mass Housing plots.

He said that with this approach, all subscribers of unit houses in the Mass Housing Programmes across the 8,000 square kilometers of the Federal Capital Territory will be captured and be given titles for their individual housing units.

Nwankwoeze emphasized that the government has deployed machinery to put to rest all lingering issues affecting the Area Councils plots allocation regularization and titling of delivered houses in all Mass Housing programmes.

The Director said that the constitution of the Teams will ensure sanitation of land administration and restore public confidence in the management of land assets in the Territory, because the Minister has the ‘political will’ to drive it to logical conclusion.

Nwankwoeze described the Vetting Teams as a bold and irreversible step toward restoring sanity and public trust in the FCT’s land system.

He, however, called for understanding and cooperation of the developers as well as the prospective titleholders; assuring that the FCT Administration is committed to effective service delivering to all developers, titleholders and would-be titleholders, in consonance with the principles and aspirations of the ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’ of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Abuja Digest reports that the FCTA will achieve this feat through the Accelerated Area Council Title and Sectional Title Reissuance Scheme (AACSTRIS).