Wike Signed 5,481 C-of-O in 2024

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, signed a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-O) as of December 31, 2024, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media to the minister, Lere Olayinka, stated this in a statement yesterday.

He said the number was 2,919 less than the total number of C-of-O printed and signed in 13 years by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA)  from 2010 to 2023.

He added that land allottees could now get their C-of-O within two weeks from the time necessary payments were made.

“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,” Olalere stressed.

He also provided details of C-of-O produced and signed in the FCT in the last 15 years, saying, “From May 2010 to May 2015, 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.

“Meanwhile, from May 2023 that President Tinubu assumed office till December 31, 2024, a total of 5,481 Certificates of Occupancy were produced and signed by the FCT Minister.

“Also, in the next few weeks, land allottees whose C-of-O are ready for collection will begin to receive auto-generated SMS because it has been discovered that most of them don’t even know that their title documents are ready.”