Property owners in the Saraha Estate located at the Kafe district, Kuchibena in the Gwarimpa area of Abuja are on the verge of having their homes demolished.
A top official in the Development Control Unit of the FCT, Mr Nathaniel Atebije has revealed that property developers who sold plots to the residents did not secure approval before developing the property.
The residents however claim they invested in the estate based on the assurances given to them by the developers and that they have approval of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
The mark of demolition is an investor’s nightmare as the common sign in the FCT where the administration does not spare anyone if the building does not comply with the master plan or is without approval.
Affected residents appeal for consideration on the ground that the problem is not because the estate does not comply with master plan but a question of irregular paperwork.
Cyril Okeke, a property owner in the lamented that “such a situation could have been avoided if the developers had done their homework four years ago.”
The CEO, Saraha Homes Alhaji Kabiru Haruna, who is the estate developer, explained that the problem arose from changes in the FCTA that led to the revocation of initial approvals after they had commenced development in the area.
As it stands now the only way this estate can be saved is with the regularization of approval documents otherwise, billions of Naira will go down the drain.
This whole episode calls for caution on the part of developers to secure approval from the relevant bodies before selling off plots.
Aspiring property owners also need to be thorough with details before parting with hard earned money.
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The fear of properties in FCT is the beginning of wisdom. Let ppl learn their lessons anyway to avoid such trauma. But if I may ask, where were the FCDA personnel when the site was been prepared? Land preparation alone lasted for about a year. One fact is that FCDA staff are so dubious and inhuman. They conive with these developers by closing their eyes while estates are advertised and money collected. They only resurface later after the property has taken off to say it lacks approval. Govt is itself not serious with corruption else, ppl in FCDA should lose their job on such gross negligence of duty. Bunch of idiots!
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ReplyDeletethis is disgusting what an economic loss why can they leave it, we are underhousing before this could solve some housing problem our goverment should look inwardly and punish those officer that decieved them to buy it and this is not good for nigeria as a country that is trying to woo investor into the sector.
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