Landlords in Asokoro, Maitama, Wuse top FCTA debtors list

Landlords in Asokoro, Industrial Area II and Maitama Districts are the highest debtors in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced.

The federal government said property owners in highbrow areas owed about 30 percent of the total bill.

The revelation emerged after the Coordinating Committee on the Recovery of Outstanding Ground Rents of N29,506,643,943 commenced work.

FCTA Director of Information, Muhammad Sule disclosed that the team is fine-tuning legal documents to take property owners yet to pay to court for prosecution, revocation, or forfeiture.

Asokoro alone constitutes 10.67 percent of the defaulters while titleholders in Industrial Area II and Maitama Districts comprise 9.43 and 9.29 percent respectively, Sule noted.

In a statement on Thursday, the official said those in Central Business Districts, Industrial Area I & Extension, and Wuse I & II owe 8.21, 5.18 percent, 5.1 percent, and 4.81 percent respectively.

Meanwhile, property owners in Garki I & II, Katampe and Jabi Districts are in default of 3.4 percent, 3 percent, 2.21 percent, and 2.15 percent respectively.

Landlords in Kukwaba, Gwarinpa I, Gudu, Kado, Karmo, Katampe Extension, Utako, Mabushi, Durumi, Daki-Biyu, Guzape, Jahi, Dutse, and Wuye owe various percentages.

Sule said the recovery committee “is committed to carrying out its assignment as mandated by the FCT Administration. All titleholders must honour their obligation to clear the debts”.

The director stressed that it is moral and responsible for property owners to clear their outstanding “because it is not going to be business as usual”.

“The government needs these funds to fast-track the infrastructural development of the Federal Capital Territory”, the statement added.