Connect with us

Breaking

CONTRAVENTION: FCT Development Control Officials Raids Buildings in Wuse, Central Business District.

Published

4 years ago

on

One of the demolished structures in Wuse II District
Share

 

To control illegal development and the distortion of the Abuja Master Plan, the Nigeria Federal Capital Territory Development Control Department (DCD) has again raided some mega buildings construction sites in Wuse II and Central Business District of Nigeria capital Abuja.

Officials of the development control Department h accompanied by a joint team of security operatives stormed the place with their bulldozer and removed some contravening structural elements of a mega residential building located at Seguela street, Wuse II.

The men equally evacuated construction materials and waste, allegedly causing flooding in the area.

Still, in the course of ensuring a degree of sanity in the built and unbuilt environment, the officials also visited and issued a stop-work notice on an elongated Bungalow by the perimeter fence of an edifice undergoing renovations, adjacent Ministry of Transport building in the Central Area.

Speaking to Newsmen after the exercise, Assistant Director, Building Inspectorate, North Division of the Development Control Department, Engineer Mohammed Hadi, decried the level of infringement of the contractor handling the project.

Hadi, who is in charge of the area, said the officials were at the construction sites, to stop the contractor and developer, as their actions were not by the Abuja Master plan.

He explained that approval granted to the developer on 20 August 2020 is for five suspended floors (deckings), which has already reached that level, but from the DCD’s observations, there is a clear intention that the contractor wants to make an additional floor.

In his words, ” The contractor also failed to submit design and details of the building, so subsequent stages of building approval were not granted. They are not supposed to be working, since a committee was set up to look at the whole thing and proposed a way forward to the management, but they didn’t even allow us to finish the work, as they resume work on site.

“We have mechanized cutters (tools that cut both concrete and steel), which we intend to use to cut the extra structural elements that are not supposed to be in place”, he stressed.

He adds that; “the neighbors have complained that the contractor’s crane used to cross their compound, so it’s liable to accident, as it may experience a slip or whatever, and we equally issued a caution, but up till it has been removed.

“There is a heap of construction materials and waste outside the building, which is also a contravention as it’s a threat to others in the area, as they blocked the drains along the road, because of their activities”.

Similarly, Hope Thompson, an Assistant Director with the DCD, who led officials to the contravening site in Central Area, warned that the Department at the expiration of the mandatory 21 days abatement notice will demolition the Bungalow causing infractions on the site.

According to him, “We served them for about two weeks ago, so we are counting, and the of the mandatory 21 days notice, we are coming to remove the structure.

“We had served them the relevant notice, they are still working. So we are waiting for the time to elapse so that nobody will accuse us of not abiding by the rules of engagement.

“People are used to violating our rules, and even at the time when it’s disclosed, they found it difficult to abide by the notices”.

 

Related Topics:
Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Breaking

NASS Passes ₦54.99trn 2025 Budget

Published

4 weeks ago

on

February 13, 2025

By

National Assembly Complex Abuja.
National Assembly Complex Abuja.
Share

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill.

The bill was passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers, N14.317trn for debt servicing, N13.64trn for recurrent expenditure and N23.963trn capital expenditure (development fund), with fiscal deficit put at N13.08trn.

The Deficit-to-Gross domestic product (GDP) Ratio was put at 1.52%.

Last Week, President Bola Tinubu increased the 2025 fiscal year budget from an initial N49.7trn to N54.2trn, seeking approval from the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abubakar Bichi, while presenting the bill for consideration, stated that the committee met with the Presidential Economic Planning team to further discuss revenue projections and expenditure for the 2025 Appropriation Bill.

According to him, the 2025 Appropriation Bill was presented late, compared to that of 2024.

He urged the executive to present subsequent budgets to the National Assembly not later than three months before the next financial year, to maintain the January to December budget cycle.

Continue Reading

Breaking

Court Sacks APC Governorship Candidate In Bayelsa

Published

1 year ago

on

October 10, 2023

By

Timipre Sylva
Timipre Sylva
Share

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has disqualified the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, from contesting the November 11 Guber election in Bayelsa state.

The suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023 was filed on June 13, 2023, by Deme Kolomo, a member of the APC.

Justice Donatus Okorowo ruled that Sylva, having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of the state, would breach the 1999 constitution as amended if allowed to contest again.

The judge also declared that Sylva was not qualified to run in the November poll because if he wins and is sworn in, he would spend more than eight years in office as governor

Citing the case of Marwa vs Nyako at the Supreme Court, Okorowo noted that the drafters of the country’s constitution stated that nobody should be voted for as governor more than two times and that the parties to the suit agreed that Sylva was voted into office two times.

He further stated that the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Marwa vs Nyako that nobody can expand the constitution or its scope, stressing that if Sylva was allowed to contest the next election, a person could compete as many times as he wanted.

Continue Reading

Breaking

Senate stops El-Rufai, 2 Others Confirms Wike, Keyamo, Oyetola, Others As Ministers 

Published

2 years ago

on

August 7, 2023

By

Cross Section of Ministerial Designates
Share

The Senate has put the confirmation of former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai on hold and confirmed 45 ministerial nominees presented to it for screening and confirmation by President Bola Tinubu.

Two others affected are Stella Okotete (Delta State), and Abubakar Danladi (Taraba State). The Senate said the trio were still undergoing security clearance.

The Senate had spent a week in screening all the ministerial nominees presented to it by the president.

Those confirmed are:

Abubakar Kyari (Borno)

Abubakar Momoh (Edo)

Nyesom Wike – Rivers

Engr Joseph Utserv (Benue)

Senator John Owan Enoh (Cross River)

Hon Bello Mohammad (Sokoto)

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar (Jigawa)

Amb. Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (Bauchi)

Uju Kennedy Ohaneye (Anambra)

Hon. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo (Ondo)

Nkieruka Onyejeocha (Abia)

Dr Betta Edu (Cross River State)

imaan Sulieman Ibrahim (Nasarawa)

David Umahi (Ebonyi)

Adebayo Olawale Edun (Ogun)

Arch. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa (Katsina)

Chief Uche Geoffrey Nnaji (Enugu)

Mr Dele Alake (Ekiti)

Waheed Adebayo Adelabu (Oyo)

Mohammed Idris (Niger)

Prof Ali Pate (Bauchi)

Dr Doris Anite Uzoka (Imo)

Lateef Fabemi SAN (Kwara)

Rt Hon Ekperikpe Ekpo (Akwa Ibom)

Hannatu Musawa (Katsina)

Ibrahim Geidam (Yobe)

Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger)

Hieneken Lokpobiri (Bayelsa)

Alkali Ahmed Saidu (Gombe)

Dr Tanko Sununu (Kebbi)

Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi)

Bello Matawalle (Zamfara)

Adegboyega Oyetola (Osun)

Simon Bako Lalong (Plateau)

Abdullahi Tijani Muhammad Gwarzo (Kano)

Bosun Tijani (Ogun)

Dr Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure (Kano)

Dr Iziaq Salako (Ogun)

Dr Tunji Alausa (Lagos)

Lola Ade-John (Lagos)

Prof Tahir Mamman SAN (Adamawa)

Zephaniah Jisalo (FCT)

Uba Maigari Ahmadu (Taraba)

Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu (Kogi)

Festus Keyamo SAN (Delta)

Continue Reading