Prof. Dora Akunyili
The Nigerian Government has approved the revocation of plots of land in the Central Business District of Abuja earmarked for the Boulevard project and promoted by the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Aliyu Modibo’s.
The Government also approved the proposal that the plots of land taken away from foreign missions in the country by the former FCT Minister Mallam Nasir el- Rufai, for failure to develop within specified time be returned to them.
The Minister of Information Professor Dora Akunyili made the disclosure while briefing the media after the Federal Executive Council, (FEC) meeting chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo at the State House Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The Minister who was accompanied by the FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed said that the council was briefed by the FCT minister on the outcome of the report of the ministerial committee on the repositioning of land administration in the FCT.
She noted that the FCT Minister also sought approval for the reinstatement of revoked diplomatic plots as well as the revocation of land acquired for the Boulevard project and all irregular allocations of plots in the FCT.
According to Akunyili, the FCT minister informed the Council that on assumption of duty, he inaugurated a 17-man committee on the 27th April 2010 to assess the problems of land administration in FCT with a view to recommending ways to reposition it. “This he said was sequel to the unprecedented volume of petitions and wide spread public complaints against the recent land allocations in the territory.”
She observed that the FCT minister gave the committee’s terms of reference as to conduct a verification exercise on all land allocations made from 2007 to date and mass housing allocations from 2004 to date.
“The FCT Minister recommended ways of investigating and reappraising the land revenue collection, investigating and reappraising the land revenue collection mechanisms. He also recommended ways of establishing an efficient Deed Registry in lands department and any other issue related to the terms of reference,” she added.
Akunyili said that the FEC after its deliberations considered and approved the award of the contracts for the processing and audit re-validation of the 2007 and 2008 Export Expansion Grant (EPG) claims in the sum of N240million.
“The council deliberated on the memo from the minister of health seeking for urgent procurement of HIV test kits to avoid running out of stock and consequently, council approved contracts for the supply of 545,000 Determine Test kits in the sum of N299 million, with a delivery period of two weeks, 545,000 Double check Gold Test kits, in the sum of N299million with a delivery period of two weeks and 545,000 Stat pack Test kits in the sum of N299million with a delivery period of two weeks also,” she added.
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