Some villagers and hoodlums at Magaji PE community, under Jabi District in Abuja, on Sunday prevented officials of the FCT Administration’s Department of Development Control from removing illegal buildings under high tension wires in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the villagers, comprising young men,...
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Thursday in Abuja distributed 60 operational vehicles to security agencies, as part of efforts to combat security threats in the territory. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vehicles were distributed to the Police Force, military and paramilitary organisations. Others...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has called for adequate funding for projects in the satellite towns especially the 5,000 Wassa Affordable Housing project in the territory. Specifically, the minister expressed the commitment of the Administration to provide houses that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to ensure the security of lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory intensifies, the Department of Development Control (FCTA) has sealed off a massive uncompleted 3 storey building located at plot 22 Cadastral zone, A05, Udi Hills Street, Maitama which...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,648,651,923.16 billion to the six area councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of August, 2022. This figure represents 8.41712 percent decline, as...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday demolished worship centres and warehouses built on illegal plots in Zauda village of Jiwa community in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, who led the exercise, explained...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,892,081,930.29 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of July, 2022. Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said all property developers in the FCT, must show evidence of ground rent payment before the Department of Development Control consider and approve any building plan application. The Director of Information & Communication, FCTA, Muhammad Hazat Sule,...
The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has intensified efforts towards completion of the multi-billion Millennium Tower in the nation’s capital. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who led members of the Nigeria India Business Council on...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to sustain the demolition of illegal structures, markets and shanties built on the encroached rail corridor in Gwarinpa. Mr Ikharo Attah, Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement to the FCT Minister, stated this after clean up exercise at Gwarinpa,...
The members of staff of Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) on Wednesday said they would embarked on an indefinite strike over the non-implementation of a new salary structure. The workers under auspices of Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), had on Tuesday commenced a...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Tuesday assured that Abuja, the nation’s capital remains the safest and most peaceful city in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Security Matters, Amb. Abu Mohammed gave the assurance, while reacting to recent reports on the social...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu says modern tourism has become a key driver for socio-economic progress through the creation of jobs and enterprises, infrastructure development, and the export revenues earned. The minister, who made this declaration while inaugurating the FCT Tourism...
Unprecedented traffic gridlock has been recorded in Kuje as the Department of Development Control and Sanitation embarked on demolition of illegal structures and shanties in Kuje Area Council, FCT, on Monday. The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) had earlier warned of plans to remove illegal structures along the Tipper...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In the light of recent security challenges in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has laid strong emphasis on the need for organized community policing within the FCT communities and Area Councils. The Minister who made this...
The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello, has explained why his administration is enforcing the policy on parks operation in the nation’s capital. He said that his administration decided to revert to the policy in order to ensure the attainment of 40 per cent threshold of green...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Saturday in Abuja demolished illegal mechanic workshops constructed on the land earmarked for livestock market at Kugbo on Abuja-Nyanya- Keffi Expressway. Mr Ikharo Attah, the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement who led the demolition exercise,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja As part of measures to implement a strategy towards the realization of Mr. President’s promise to take 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years, the FCT Administration through its Social Development Secretariat has concluded plans to graduate over 120 trained ‘Almajiris’...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The FCT Administration (FCTA) has allocated the sum of N2.745Billion to the FCT Fadama COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (CARES) project for the implementation of three Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) out of a total allocation of $15Million from the World Bank. FCT Minister...