The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has received a total of 7,826 applications for various plots of land in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in the year 2019.
Director, Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS), Isa Jalo, who disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja, said private residential applications were 4,901, commercial, 2,120; resettlement, 431; Area Councils, 373, and diplomatic, 1.
Jalo noted that the production and conveyance processes of the Certificates of Occupancy (C-o-O) had been re-organised to fast track its deliverance with the intention of reducing wastage of man-hour of the customers.
He stated that AGIS had contributed to the success Nigeria recorded in its upward movement on the Ease of Doing Business on the 2019 World Bank index, as the agency had repositioned its Customer Service to make it more responsive and people result oriented.
“In consonance with this narrative, AGIS has re-modernized its website by making it interactive with the deployment of online customer complaint and feedback mechanism. This innovation allows the general public to lodge complaints, which can be promptly responded to.
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“AGIS reactivated its Electronic Queue Management System which has led to the improvement of crowd management and sustained orderliness especially during peak hours of its operations.
“AGIS has worked fervently to quicken the process of payments for services like Legal Search, Deed of Assignment, Power of Attorney, Legal Mortgage and opening of new application files among others; thereby making Legal Search to be conducted within 24 hours including its report to customers,” Jalo said.
On his part, FCT director of land administration, Adamu Hussaini, said the FCT minister, Muhammad Bello, had signed and conveyed 785 C-o-O in 2019 alone.
Hussaini said efforts were being made to fast track the process of timely issuance of C-o-O in line with the SERVICOM Charter of the Federal Government and the Executive Order on the Ease of Doing Business.
He stated that the Department embarked on an in-house cleaning and sorted out 11,263 uncollected C-o-O stored and called on the owners of the uncollected C-o-O to claim them, as they were ‘transactable’ and ‘mortgageable’ documents that should not be left in the vaults.
The director also disclosed that the Department also had 6,402 Rights of Occupancy in its vaults uncollected and advised such allottees to take possession of these title documents.
Hussaini urged plot owners in the serviced districts within phases I, II & III of the Federal Capital City, Abuja, to develop them in line with the stipulated two months grace given by the FCTA which is expected to expire February 2, 2020 or have such titles revoked.
He explained that the FCT Administration has completed the designation of four brand new districts in the Federal Capital City, including Mamusa North, Mamusa East, Parfun North and Parfun South to take care of the deficit of planned plots in Abuja.
“Accordingly, these new districts with the thousands of plots generated would go a long way to relieve pressure on outstanding applications for different development purposes in the Federal Capital Territory,” Jalo said.
