456 Cs of O Ready For Collection In Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has said that about 456 certificates of occupancy of various properties in Abuja have been prepared, signed and ready for collection between November 1, 2010 and January 7, 2011.

Mohammed made this revelation recently after reviewing the activities of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) in his office in Area 11, Garki 1 District, Abuja.

The Minister said that the signed title documents comprise 193 for the sale of Federal  government houses, while Land allocated has 263.

Senator Mohammed also disclosed that the Abuja Geographic Information Systems has completed  update of satellite imagery up to 2009 including cadastre image.

According to him, the FCT Administration has commenced the testing of the online payment system thereby replacing the draft  system payment to enable land owners conveniently make payment of their land charges at all times.

He remarked that the AGIS II Project has successfully been handed over to the FCT Administration with an added advantage of skilled manpower for effective management.

Meanwhile, the FCT administration has denied allegation of N45 million frauds being perpetrated in the Ministry of the FCT as reported in the media, describing it as the figment of the imagination of some people.

The FCT administration also denied that no anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)has commended probe on the alleged fraud, saying that no official of the ICPC has been at the FCT Administration for the purposes of investigating the alleged fraud.

A statement issued by the FCT administration and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Muhammad Hazat Sule said,” the Administration wishes to express that the media report of the alleged scam in the Accounts Department came as a rude shock because all the dealings and transactions at the Department are carried out in accordance with the modern accounting practice.

“The FCT Administration currently is pre-occupied with the daunting challenge of providing adequate infrastructural facilities across the territory as well as  municipal  services like security to lives and property amongst others to make life more meaningful to the residents of the territory and would not want to be distracted,” he added.

Justus Awaji, Abuja