Officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and staff members of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) faced off on Monday over the sealing up of the agency’s property.
The FCTA officials had approached the gate to gain entrance into the premises, but rather than that, they faced heavy resistance from the security guards and some staff of the FIRS.
According to the FCTA’s Director of Lands, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, the building, which the FIRS occupies, is part of the properties whose land titles have been revoked by the administration
Though journalists have been denied access, the FCTA officials were later allowed in, and they’ve proceeded to seal the property located in Zone 5, Wuse.
Top officials of the FCTA are embarking on an enforcement exercise to seal up over 4,700 properties owing to non-payment of ground rent.
On March 18, 2025, the FCT administration lamented that over N6 billion had been lost as revenue due to non-compliance by some property owners in the payment of their ground rents for over 10 years.
On the same day, the administration revoked the land titles of 4,794 defaulters.
