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Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has the Federal Government may demolish about 30 illegal settlements, slums and over 6,000 illegal buildings in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Wike issued this strong warning at a news conference, on Monday at the FCT Minister’s office in Garki, Abuja.
He promised to shut down any residences built in the nation’s capital unlawfully, regardless of whose property will be impacted.
PUNCH reported that some of the affected areas that the slum affected through his the ‘urban renewal programme’ includes:
Apo Mechanic Village
Byanzhin
Dawaki
Dei Dei
Durumi
Dutse
Garki
Garki Village
Gishiri
Gwagwalada
Idu
Jabi
Kado Village
Karmo
Karshi
Karu
Katampe
Ketti Village
Kpaduma
Kabusa
Kpana Village
Kubwa
Lokogoma
Lugbe,
Mabushi
Mpape
Nyanya
Piya Kasa.
Wike vowed to flatten all illegal building distorting the Abuja master plan would be pulled down even if they belonged to a minister or an ambassador.
Checks indicate that the 6,000 structures that may be affected by the restoration plans included buildings that have been abandoned for a long time in violation of the building code.
A 2022 report by the Federal Capital Territory Administration indicated that at least 6,000 abandoned homes may be affected by the threat of demolition or revocation of land titles.
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