Wike frowns at land grabbing, undeveloped lands in FCT
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has frowned on land-grabbing and undeveloped lands in the territory. He made the statement while inspecting some ongoing projects in Abuja on Friday in preparation for the second anniversary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The minister particularly complained about the size of the land acquired by the University of […]
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has frowned on land-grabbing and undeveloped lands in the territory.
He made the statement while inspecting some ongoing projects in Abuja on Friday in preparation for the second anniversary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
The minister particularly complained about the size of the land acquired by the University of Abuja for its permanent site, with the larger portion undeveloped.
Describing the development as “unacceptable”, the minister wondered why a university would acquire more than 1,000 hectares of land.
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He said no institution or individual should take over huge expanses of land and deny development in the area.
He said contrary to popular opinion, huge expanses of land were being acquired for future development, and most times the action was just land grabbing.
He said institutions often acquire huge expanses of land and claim it was for future development but would later lease the land out to people.
“It doesn’t make sense.
“What makes a university is not the large expanse of land; what makes a university are the infrastructure and the quality of training.
“You can have 20,000 hectares of land, and the university does not have any infrastructure. So, who does it help?
“We must stop this idea of just acquiring land for acquiring sake. That is not the essence of it,” he said.