Funding Hindrance to Resettlement of Abuja Indigenes- FCTA

 The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT) has said that lack of funds has been a major challenge in the resettlement of the indigenous people of the FCT.

 

Director of the Development Control Department, FCTA, Mallam Yahaya Yusuf, made the comment while speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday. He said the administration initiated the Land Swap policy as a way out of the funding challenge.

 

“The administration has come with an alternative policy (Land Swap), which is to give room for private developers to acquire an area, provide the required infrastructure and take care of resettlement of the indigenes while retaining 40 per cent of the land to government,” he said

 

“The hope is that by the time this is perfected, issues of resettlement and compensation will be adequately addressed with minimal financial commitment by government,” he added.

 

Mallam Yusuf expressed the commitment of the FCTA to the construction of world-class mass housing estates for accommodation of Abuja residents.

 

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