By Abdullahi Muhammad, Abuja
In a bid to carry out its mandate of recovering the over N29 billion ground rents owed the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), by property owners, the coordinating committee on the recovery of debts has hired the services of five law firms for diligent prosecution of defaulters.
The committee who has met severally with the law firms, mostly Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), tasked with full legal fireworks against the defaulting titleholders, adding that letters serving as last warning to such defaulters are being dispatched, noting government’s commitment to recover every dime owed the Administration.
It may be recalled that the FCT Permanent Secretary, Mr. Adesola Olusade recently inaugurated a debt recovery committee with the mandate to recover the outstanding debts owed the FCT Administration with particular interest in ground rents and other sundry fees in the Land Administration as well as other Land related departments.
Accordingly, all property owners owing the FCT Administration must brace up, because a searchlight is being beamed on all defaulters and it is not going to be business as usual.
The FCT Administration has also decided to set up this Coordinating Committee due to the failure of titleholders to pay the prescribed land charges, despite several appeals and notices served on the affected property owners.
The Coordinating Committee is poised to take advantage of this robust partnership with these highly professional legal firms in Abuja with the hope of prosecuting multiple cases arising from recovery processes.
The Recovery Committee wishes to further advise that it is more honorable and responsible for property owners to rush and clear their outstanding debts, because the government needs these monies to fund the infrastructural development that is neede