By Muhammad Abdullahi,
Abuja
The Coordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Tpl Umar Shuaibu on Wednesday in Abuja decried the persistent violation of building rules and regulations by many recalcitrant developers.
Shuaibu, who made the remark while fielding questions from newsmen at a press conference said that the actions of some developers escalate the simple procedures to become security, legal and social matters, with very dire consequences to the well-being of the city.
He said that the Department of Development Control has contributed to ensuring compliance with the standard and regulations for building Abuja.
” It is worrisome to note that while the department has simplified the procedure and processes for granting building permits, there are many recalcitrant developers that always refused to abide by the set rules and regulations.
” The first and most important procedure in the process of building plan approval is the confirmation of tittle document and land ownership submitted by the developer.
” This usually become a major source of hindrance to the development of many plots in the city,” he said.
The coordinator, therefore, urged intending developers to be sure that there was no contending issues surrounding plot ownership before granting a development permit.
” Unfortunately, out of desperation or treachery on the part of some developers, our staff, in the course of ensuring due process and fairness in handling ambiguous matters become victims of unwarranted harassment with framed-up charges against them by some dubious and recalcitrant developers.”
He called on the security agencies to always dig and thoroughly investigate matters from the relevant FCT agencies before prosecution on any complain on land matters.