FCTA officials issued me fake C of O as governor —Wike
Yesterday, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), pledged to eradicate phoney Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) from the nation’s capital. These syndicates prey on the naive.
According to Vanguard, he recalled how, after paying N57 million, three counterfeit certificates of occupancy were granted on his property while he was governor of Rivers State.
During a meeting with Abuja-based real estate developers, Wike made the announcement and also mentioned that he has managed to save more over N110 billion since taking office in August of this year.
A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) would henceforth cost N5 million, he said, in an effort to slow down the distribution of fraudulent C of Os.
He claims that the days of randomly assigning different false C of Os to members of the public who were unaware of the scheme are over.
The minister went on to say that he would approach the president for permission to include the National Identification Number (NIN) in the C of O application process.
He mentioned a time when he was governor of Rivers State and certain FCTA personnel provided him a bogus certificate of occupancy (C of O), and he criticised the payment of N8.9 billion per month to FCTA and FCDA employees.
In their joint letter to the minister, the developers begged him to lower the N5 million C of O payment.
The developers presented a strong case, and the minister finally agreed: the applicant may get the certificate of occupancy (C of O) after four months after making the deposit.
From the day I took office three months ago, I have saved at least N110 billion for FCTA, I can tell you that with authority.
Land distributions involving three or more individuals will presently be prohibited. Doing business is made possible by C of O.
Some individuals will be happy and some will be unhappy when we make the right decision. To fight like this, we are prepared.
Three chief executive officers from FCT were on our staff while I was governor of Rivers State. Three times. All of them were found to be false. Not an individual, but the government of FCTA was the source of the C of O.
Those parcels that were allotted or supposedly allocated. Money was paid. The FCTA members brought the Liaison Officer to the property when I dispatched them; we later found out that it was a hoax. Peruse the sum we had paid. Everyone vanished. They remained elusive. More than N57 million was paid for. Why? Reason being, such was the standard procedure in the FCT. Remind me, I have mentioned it won’t work.
So that we can identify the owner in the event of a house fire, I will get Mr. President’s assent to associate any C of O with a NIN number. In the event of a property crime, we can identify the owner. In industrialised nations, this is the norm. Even if the wealthy will fight it, we must do what is necessary to aid our people.
Help make this happen. Our system must have some sense of reason. There are modifications, and you will confirm it. How would you feel if your C of O turns out to be fraudulent or if someone else ends up with your land?
Yesterday, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), pledged to eradicate phoney Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) from the nation’s capital. These syndicates prey on the naive.
According to Vanguard, he recalled how, after paying N57 million, three counterfeit certificates of occupancy were granted on his property while he was governor of Rivers State.
During a meeting with Abuja-based real estate developers, Wike made the announcement and also mentioned that he has managed to save more over N110 billion since taking office in August of this year.
A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) would henceforth cost N5 million, he said, in an effort to slow down the distribution of fraudulent C of Os.
He claims that the days of randomly assigning different false C of Os to members of the public who were unaware of the scheme are over.
The minister went on to say that he would approach the president for permission to include the National Identification Number (NIN) in the C of O application process.
He mentioned a time when he was governor of Rivers State and certain FCTA personnel provided him a bogus certificate of occupancy (C of O), and he criticised the payment of N8.9 billion per month to FCTA and FCDA employees.
In their joint letter to the minister, the developers begged him to lower the N5 million C of O payment.
The developers presented a strong case, and the minister finally agreed: the applicant may get the certificate of occupancy (C of O) after four months after making the deposit.
From the day I took office three months ago, I have saved at least N110 billion for FCTA, I can tell you that with authority.
Land distributions involving three or more individuals will presently be prohibited. Doing business is made possible by C of O.
Some individuals will be happy and some will be unhappy when we make the right decision. To fight like this, we are prepared.
Three chief executive officers from FCT were on our staff while I was governor of Rivers State. Three times. All of them were found to be false. Not an individual, but the government of FCTA was the source of the C of O.
Those parcels that were allotted or supposedly allocated. Money was paid. The FCTA members brought the Liaison Officer to the property when I dispatched them; we later found out that it was a hoax. Peruse the sum we had paid. Everyone vanished. They remained elusive. More than N57 million was paid for. Why? Reason being, such was the standard procedure in the FCT. Remind me, I have mentioned it won’t work.
So that we can identify the owner in the event of a house fire, I will get Mr. President’s assent to associate any C of O with a NIN number. In the event of a property crime, we can identify the owner. In industrialised nations, this is the norm. Even if the wealthy will fight it, we must do what is necessary to aid our people.
Help make this happen. Our system must have some sense of reason. There are modifications, and you will confirm it. How would you feel if your C of O turns out to be fraudulent or if someone else ends up with your land?
Yesterday, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), pledged to eradicate phoney Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) from the nation’s capital. These syndicates prey on the naive.
According to Vanguard, he recalled how, after paying N57 million, three counterfeit certificates of occupancy were granted on his property while he was governor of Rivers State.
During a meeting with Abuja-based real estate developers, Wike made the announcement and also mentioned that he has managed to save more over N110 billion since taking office in August of this year.
A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) would henceforth cost N5 million, he said, in an effort to slow down the distribution of fraudulent C of Os.
He claims that the days of randomly assigning different false C of Os to members of the public who were unaware of the scheme are over.
The minister went on to say that he would approach the president for permission to include the National Identification Number (NIN) in the C of O application process.
He mentioned a time when he was governor of Rivers State and certain FCTA personnel provided him a bogus certificate of occupancy (C of O), and he criticised the payment of N8.9 billion per month to FCTA and FCDA employees.
In their joint letter to the minister, the developers begged him to lower the N5 million C of O payment.
The developers presented a strong case, and the minister finally agreed: the applicant may get the certificate of occupancy (C of O) after four months after making the deposit.
From the day I took office three months ago, I have saved at least N110 billion for FCTA, I can tell you that with authority.
Land distributions involving three or more individuals will presently be prohibited. Doing business is made possible by C of O.
Some individuals will be happy and some will be unhappy when we make the right decision. To fight like this, we are prepared.
Three chief executive officers from FCT were on our staff while I was governor of Rivers State. Three times. All of them were found to be false. Not an individual, but the government of FCTA was the source of the C of O.
Those parcels that were allotted or supposedly allocated. Money was paid. The FCTA members brought the Liaison Officer to the property when I dispatched them; we later found out that it was a hoax. Peruse the sum we had paid. Everyone vanished. They remained elusive. More than N57 million was paid for. Why? Reason being, such was the standard procedure in the FCT. Remind me, I have mentioned it won’t work.
So that we can identify the owner in the event of a house fire, I will get Mr. President’s assent to associate any C of O with a NIN number. In the event of a property crime, we can identify the owner. In industrialised nations, this is the norm. Even if the wealthy will fight it, we must do what is necessary to aid our people.
Help make this happen. Our system must have some sense of reason. There are modifications, and you will confirm it. How would you feel if your C of O turns out to be fraudulent or if someone else ends up with your land?
Yesterday, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), pledged to eradicate phoney Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) from the nation’s capital. These syndicates prey on the naive.
According to Vanguard, he recalled how, after paying N57 million, three counterfeit certificates of occupancy were granted on his property while he was governor of Rivers State.
During a meeting with Abuja-based real estate developers, Wike made the announcement and also mentioned that he has managed to save more over N110 billion since taking office in August of this year.
A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) would henceforth cost N5 million, he said, in an effort to slow down the distribution of fraudulent C of Os.
He claims that the days of randomly assigning different false C of Os to members of the public who were unaware of the scheme are over.
The minister went on to say that he would approach the president for permission to include the National Identification Number (NIN) in the C of O application process.
He mentioned a time when he was governor of Rivers State and certain FCTA personnel provided him a bogus certificate of occupancy (C of O), and he criticised the payment of N8.9 billion per month to FCTA and FCDA employees.
In their joint letter to the minister, the developers begged him to lower the N5 million C of O payment.
The developers presented a strong case, and the minister finally agreed: the applicant may get the certificate of occupancy (C of O) after four months after making the deposit.
From the day I took office three months ago, I have saved at least N110 billion for FCTA, I can tell you that with authority.
Land distributions involving three or more individuals will presently be prohibited. Doing business is made possible by C of O.
Some individuals will be happy and some will be unhappy when we make the right decision. To fight like this, we are prepared.
Three chief executive officers from FCT were on our staff while I was governor of Rivers State. Three times. All of them were found to be false. Not an individual, but the government of FCTA was the source of the C of O.
Those parcels that were allotted or supposedly allocated. Money was paid. The FCTA members brought the Liaison Officer to the property when I dispatched them; we later found out that it was a hoax. Peruse the sum we had paid. Everyone vanished. They remained elusive. More than N57 million was paid for. Why? Reason being, such was the standard procedure in the FCT. Remind me, I have mentioned it won’t work.
So that we can identify the owner in the event of a house fire, I will get Mr. President’s assent to associate any C of O with a NIN number. In the event of a property crime, we can identify the owner. In industrialised nations, this is the norm. Even if the wealthy will fight it, we must do what is necessary to aid our people.
Help make this happen. Our system must have some sense of reason. There are modifications, and you will confirm it. How would you feel if your C of O turns out to be fraudulent or if someone else ends up with your land?
Yesterday, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), pledged to eradicate phoney Certificates of Occupancy (C of Os) from the nation’s capital. These syndicates prey on the naive.
According to Vanguard, he recalled how, after paying N57 million, three counterfeit certificates of occupancy were granted on his property while he was governor of Rivers State.
During a meeting with Abuja-based real estate developers, Wike made the announcement and also mentioned that he has managed to save more over N110 billion since taking office in August of this year.
A Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) would henceforth cost N5 million, he said, in an effort to slow down the distribution of fraudulent C of Os.
He claims that the days of randomly assigning different false C of Os to members of the public who were unaware of the scheme are over.
The minister went on to say that he would approach the president for permission to include the National Identification Number (NIN) in the C of O application process.
He mentioned a time when he was governor of Rivers State and certain FCTA personnel provided him a bogus certificate of occupancy (C of O), and he criticised the payment of N8.9 billion per month to FCTA and FCDA employees.
In their joint letter to the minister, the developers begged him to lower the N5 million C of O payment.
The developers presented a strong case, and the minister finally agreed: the applicant may get the certificate of occupancy (C of O) after four months after making the deposit.
From the day I took office three months ago, I have saved at least N110 billion for FCTA, I can tell you that with authority.
Land distributions involving three or more individuals will presently be prohibited. Doing business is made possible by C of O.
Some individuals will be happy and some will be unhappy when we make the right decision. To fight like this, we are prepared.
Three chief executive officers from FCT were on our staff while I was governor of Rivers State. Three times. All of them were found to be false. Not an individual, but the government of FCTA was the source of the C of O.
Those parcels that were allotted or supposedly allocated. Money was paid. The FCTA members brought the Liaison Officer to the property when I dispatched them; we later found out that it was a hoax. Peruse the sum we had paid. Everyone vanished. They remained elusive. More than N57 million was paid for. Why? Reason being, such was the standard procedure in the FCT. Remind me, I have mentioned it won’t work.
So that we can identify the owner in the event of a house fire, I will get Mr. President’s assent to associate any C of O with a NIN number. In the event of a property crime, we can identify the owner. In industrialised nations, this is the norm. Even if the wealthy will fight it, we must do what is necessary to aid our people.
Help make this happen. Our system must have some sense of reason. There are modifications, and you will confirm it. How would you feel if your C of O turns out to be fraudulent or if someone else ends up with your land?
