Wike Signs 5,481 C-of-O In One Year

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy, C-of-O, in One year.

Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the FCT Minister, Lere Olayinka who made this known in a statement, also said FCT land allottees will now get title documents in two weeks once payment is made.

The total number of C-of-O signed by Wike in the last one year is 2,919 less than the total number of C-of-O signed by the FCTA in 13years from 2010 to 2023.

According to the statement, from May 2023 when President Bola Tinubu assumed office till December 31, 2024, a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

The statement also says in the next few weeks, land allottees whose C-of-O are ready for collection will begin to receive auto-generated SMS to pick up their C-of-Os.

“…Because it has been discovered that most of them don’t even know that their title documents are ready.”

“One of the reasons land allottees do not find it compelling to pay for their C-of-O is because when they pay, they wait for years. But in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government, that has changed now.”

“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.”

Giving details of the C-of-O produced and signed in the FCT in the last 15 years, the Minister’s Spokesperson said; “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.

Remi Johnson, Edited By Grace Namiji