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Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned that his administration will seal up properties in the FCT for those who have failed to pay their ground rent.
He gave the warning while fielding questions during his monthly media parley in Abuja on Monday.
The Minister asserted that he would not be deterred or care about any kind of blackmail.
Naija News reports that Wike’s administration has published the details of 9,000 debtors in newspapers, asking them to pay their ground rents to avoid the risk of forfeiture of their land.
The FCT Administration announced on May 23, 2025, that it would take possession of about 5,000 affected properties owing ground rents between 10 and 43 years and began sealing and taking over debtors’ properties, including the PDP national secretariat.
President Bola Tinubu granted the defaulters a 14-day grace period to settle their outstanding payments and penalties
However, speaking about the matter on Monday, Wike said, “I laugh, and it’s unfortunate. I thank God Mr. President said give them two weeks, one month. Well, it’s more than three months. That is Nigeria for you.
“I’m going to seal up all those property. I’m going to seal it up. You can’t deny us of the taxes we use for development.
“‘Give them two weeks, give them one month.’ We’ve done that. Some have complied. Tomorrow, by the time you start doing this, of course, the normal politics will come out. All kinds of things that we say, I will not listen to that.
“If you have not complied, if you have not paid, we are going to seal it. There’s no magic of talking more, talking this. You can blackmail me all you want.”
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