Dev Control Generates N2.5bn, 13,873 Jobs, Grants 1,422 Approvals
By: Wisdom Acka
The Department of Development Control in the Federal Capital Territory has generated more than N2.5 billion this fiscal year.
The Department also created over 13,873 direct and indirect jobs and granted 1,422 Building Plan approvals within the same period.
The FCT Director of Development Control Department, Muktar Galadima, stated this during an end-of-year media parley in his Wuse Zone 6 office, over the weekend,
According to him, the Department achieved N2,534,673,850.08 revenue generation from January to October, 2023, representing 68.5 percent of the N3.7 billion target given to the Department for the year 2023.
He expressed optimism that his Department would hit the revenue target set for it by the FCT Administration before December 2023.
His words:”We are embarking on recovering of bills awarded so that people can pay before the end of this year so that we can meet our revenue target.”
Galadima stressed that the Department received 1,765 applications for Building Plan Approval, and 1,422 of them were processed and granted approval, thus facilitating the generation of 13,873 direct and indirect jobs on different construction sites across the Territory.
The Director disclosed that, in the course of ensuring that developments in the FCT complied with provisions of the Abuja Master Plan, 11,705 illegal structures and shanty colonies were dismantled within the period.
He explained that these achievements were possible due to measures the Department put in place to facilitate timely Building Plan Approvals and efficient monitoring and inspection of developments.
He said that the job has been fast-track with the formation of one-stop vetting team to treat backlog of files.
Galadima reiterated that this equally assisted in the fast-tracking of Building Plan Approvals for plots in the serviced areas.
The Director stated that the establishment of Regional Offices made the decentralization of monitoring and enforcement activities in the area councils and satellite towns possible.
He noted that the constitution of committee on prevention of building collapse in the FCT, which is expected to also proffer preventing modalities, including institutional frame work against building collapse; as well as the creation of post-development audit pilot scheme has made the job of the Department a lot easier.
The Director revealed that major activities the Department carried out in collaboration with others include removal of structures obstructing waterways at Lugbe, Jahi and Lokogoma which has curtailed the hitherto perennial deadly floodings, removal of encroachments on rights of way and security black spots, clearing of shanties and illegal developments in Kabusa, Kasuwadare, Galadimawa, Mabushi and Gudu.
