By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has signed a total of five-thousand, four hundred and eight -one Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-Os) in 2024.
This is contained in a statement issued by Wike’s media aide on Tuesday.
The statement said is 2,919 less than the total number of C-of-O printed and signed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) from 2010 to 2023.
It said in the past one of the reasons land allottees do not find it compelling to pay for their C-of-O was because of the delay in issuing the certificate to them.
The statement read, “Even uploading of necessary information to show when a C-of-O is collected as well as details on the collector that used to take months, is now done within 72 hours.”
On the details of C-of-O produced and signed in the FCT in the last 15 years, the statement revealed that, “From May 2010 to May 2015, a total of 5,655 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed.
“From May 2015 to May 2019, a total of 1,174 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed, while 1,571 were done between May 2019 and May 2023.
“Meanwhile, from May 2023 that President Tinubu assumed office till December 31, 2024, a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed by the FCT Minister.
“Also, in the next few weeks, land allottees whose C-of-Os are ready for collection will begin to receive auto-generated SMS because it has been discovered that most of them don’t even know that their title documents are ready.”
