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    FCTA seals FIRS office, bank, fuel station over unpaid ground rent

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    The Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Monday, seals an Access Bank branch and a Total petrol station located in Zone 6, Wuse, Abuja, over non-payment of ground rent spanning 34 years.

    The property occupied by Access Bank is officially allocated to Rana Tahir Furniture Nigeria Limited, not the bank directly, according to official documents.

    A letter dated March 13, 2025, signed by the Director of Land Administration, Chijioke Nwankwoeze, stated: “The Minister of Federal Capital Territory has in the exercise of powers conferred on him under the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978, Cap. L5, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, revoked your rights, interests and privileges over Plot No. 2456 within Wuse I, Cadastral Zone A02, Abuja.”

    The letter cited the continued default in ground rent payment as the reason for the revocation

    The revocation is in view of your continued contravention of the terms and conditions of grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for Thirty-Four (34) years,” it stated.

    FCTA also shut down the Federal Inland Revenue Service office in Abuja for similar violations.

    The closures are part of a larger enforcement campaign targeting defaulting property owners across the FCT.

    According to officials, several notices and publications have been issued since 2023, warning all allottees to clear outstanding ground rent .

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