FCTA intensifies enforcement at River Park Estate

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, intensified enforcement at River Park Estate, Abuja, by stopping what it described as illegal development in the estate. The Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, who led the operation, said the exercise was against those who defied a ministerial directive halting further construction on the property. […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, intensified enforcement at River Park Estate, Abuja, by stopping what it described as illegal development in the estate.

The Director, Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, who led the operation, said the exercise was against those who defied a ministerial directive halting further construction on the property.

He added that the exercise was to ensure total compliance with the ministerial order.

Galadima recalled that the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Aug. 8, inaugurated an ad-hoc committee on the review of controversies surrounding the River Park Estate.

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He said the committee, while submitting its reports to the minister, explained that the revocation of the undeveloped plots was necessitated by the expiration and beach of the Development Lease Agreement (DLA).

Galadima added that the revocation was carried out to reassert administrative control over the affected plot in line with Clause 9.2 of the DLA. (NAN)