By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has hired the services of four Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to fast track processes of recovering N29 billion naira owed the administration by property owners.
This is on the sideline of a recent panel constituted by the administration to recover the N29 billion ground rent debt owed by some property owners in the territory.
In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director Information and Communication department of the FCT, Hazat Sule said the services of the lawyers from five firms is to diligently examine necessary areas of prosecuting the defaulters.
The Committee has thus met severally with the representatives of the law firms, mostly Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), who have been tasked with preparing legal documents to commence full legal fireworks against the defaulting titleholders.
Already, letters serving as last warning to such defaulters are being dispatched, as the government is committed to recover every dime owed the Administration.
Accordingly, all property owners owing the FCT Administration must brace up, because a searchlight is being beamed on all defaulters and it is not going to be business as usual.
The FCT Administration decided to set up this Coordinating Committee due to the failure of titleholders to pay the prescribed land charges, despite several appeals and notices served on the affected property owners.
The Coordinating Committee is poised to take advantage of this robust partnership with these highly professional legal firms in Abuja with the hope of prosecuting multiple cases arising from recovery processes.
The Recovery Committee wishes to further advise that it is more honorable and responsible for property owners to rush and clear their outstanding debts, because the government needs these monies to fund the infrastructural development that is needed for the development of the Federal Capital Territory.
