The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given two weeks’ ultimatum to residents of Ipet-5 Estate in Lokogoma district, in Abuja, whose buildings are along water ways and road corridors, to vacate the areas.
Handing down
the ultimatum during an unscheduled visit to the estate recently, the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) permanent secretary, Chinyeaka Ohaa, stated that after
the ultimatum, the FCTA would move in and demolish all structures along the
corridors.
Ohaa explained that the
buildings to be removed by the administration, after the ultimatum, are
structures built on 20 meters from both sides of the river, adding that the
buildings along the waterways and road corridors, in the estate, are the cause
of the perennial flooding in area.
He disclosed
that the buildings were built without approval from the administration, adding
that the owners of the buildings were given allocations by the administration
on where to build, but frowned that they have left the original allocations to
build on waterways and on road corridors.
The chairman of Lokogoma 11 Residents Association, Stanley Ugwu, said most of
the affected buildings were bought from the developers, adding that the owners
of the buildings never believed that due diligence were not conducted before
the building were sold to them.
Ugwu
appealed to the FCTA to assist the affected building owners to get compensation
from the developers, adding that it is only the administration that could
enforce such action. Daily Trust
