The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that henceforth, land allottees in the nation’s capital would get their title documents in a period of two weeks.
Wike stated that the moment necessary payments are made, land allottees can now get their C-of-O within two weeks.
A statement on Tuesday by the minister’s media aide, revealed that Wike had signed a
total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy, from May 2023, when President Tinubu assumed office, till December 31, 2024.
He noted that this figure is 2,919 less, than the total number of C-of-O printed and signed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from 2010 to 2023, a period of 13 years.
Wike explained that one of the reasons land allottees in FCT do not find it compelling to pay for their C-of-O was because when they pay, they wait for years, adding, however, that in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, that has now changed.
He added that even uploading of necessary information to show when a C-of-O is collected, as well as details of the collector that used to take months, is now done within 72 hours.
The statement revealed that in the next few weeks, land allottees, whose C-of-O are ready for collection, would 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.
According to him, “As at December 31, 2024, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O).
This is 2,919 less, than the total number of C-of-O printed and signed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from 2010 to 2023 (13 years).
The moment necessary payments are made, land allottees can now get their C-of-O within two weeks.”
Giving details of C-of-O produced and signed in the FCT in the last 15 years, the statement said; “From May 2010 to May 2015, total of 5,655 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed.
“From May 2015 to May 2019, a total of 1,174 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed, while 1,571 were done between May 2019 and May 2023.
“Meanwhile, from May 2023 that President Tinubu assumed office till December 31, 2024, a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed by the FCT minister.”
