THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, on Sunday, bemoaned the illegal activities of touts and advised the public to desist from the transaction on plots of land allocated by the Area Councils until title regularization process was concluded. The minister’s message was delivered by the Permanent Secretary and Chairman, FCT Land Use and Allocation Committee (LUAC), Mr Chinyeaka Christian Ohaa during the meeting of the committee in Abuja,He said the action became necessary to reduce the knotty cases of illegal land activities being perpetuated at the Area Councils of the territory and thereby defrauding unsuspected members of the public. “The administration has observed that with the recall of Area Councils’ Zonal Land Managers and Zonal Planning Officers back to the mainstream, as well as the suspension of Land allocation by the six Area Councils of the Territory, the illegal activities still persist.” He added. He recalled that the FCT administration in 2006 had directed the Area Councils to discontinue allocation of land and requested that they update and forward their records of allocations to AGIS for the commencement of the title regularization for thorough cleaning and validation. He warned the general public to be wary of these illegal activities by fraudulent people; reiterating that all lands in the entire Federal Capital Territory is vested in the FCTA and can only be accessed through application to the Hon.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 11, 2018 14:03 UTC