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Wike signed 5,481 C-of-Os in 16 months –Aide

 

By Ben Adoga, Abuja

As of December 31, 2024, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-Os), the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, disclosed.

This feat is unprecedented, as according to Olayinka, it is 2,919 less than the total number of C-of-Os printed and signed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, from 2010 to 2023 (13 years).

In a statement yesterday, Olayinka assured that once necessary payments were made, land allottees could get their C-of-Os in two weeks.

“The moment necessary payments are made, land allottees can now get their C-of-Os within two weeks,” Olayinka assured.

He added, “One of the reasons land allottees do not find it compelling to pay for their C-of-O is that when they pay, they wait for years. But in line with President Bola Tinubu’s government’s Renewed Hope Agenda, that has changed now.

“Even uploading necessary information to show when a C-of-O is collected, as well as details on the collector that used to take months, is now done within 72 hours.”

The Minister’s spokesperson gave details of C-of-O produced and signed in the FCT in the last 15 years: “From May 2010 to May 2015, 5,655 Certificates of Occupancy were made and signed.

“From May 2015 to May 2019, 1,174 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed, while 1,571 were done between May 2019 and May 2023.

“Meanwhile, from May 2023, when President Tinubu assumed office, till December 31, 2024, a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed by the FCT Minister.

“Also, in the next few weeks, land allottees whose C-of-O are ready for collection will begin to receive auto-generated SMS because it has been discovered that most of them don’t even know that their title documents are ready.”

He said this is unlike what was obtainable and that the procedure is better and more convenient now.

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