The Senate Committee on
Federal Capital Territory, on Friday, threatened to order the immediate
revocation of plots of land allocated to former President Goodluck Jonathan and
29 others in the Maitama district of Abuja.
The Chairman, Senator
Dino Melaye, who stated this during a budget defence by the FCT ministry led by
its Minister, Muhammed Bello, said the affected plots of land were in a
reserved area.
Melaye said the plots
of land allocated to Jonathan and others in the Maitama District fall within an
area designated for erection of tourist structure for foreign visitors.
He said that his
committee had directed that work should stop on construction of buildings in
the area.
He listed former
Justice Minister and Attorney-General of the Federation, Muhammed Bello Adoke;
Former Bauchi State governor, Isa Yuguda; Acting National Chairman of PDP, Uche
Secondus; and late National Security Adviser, Andrew Okoye Azazi, among others,
as beneficiaries of the plots of land in the area.
Melaye said that his
committee, on the strength of the Senate’s directive to all its standing
committees last week, embarked on oversight functions of agencies of government
under them.
He said members of his
committee visited the plots of land in Maitama district and saw workers erecting
structures on them.
He said that apart from
ordering the workers to stop work, they also summoned the FCT Minister to
appear before the panel on the issue.
- Punch
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