National Assembly told to enact laws to halt arbitrary revocation of lands in Abuja
Naija News • 4d ago
The National Assembly has been called upon to enact legislation that would prevent the arbitrary revocation of land allocations in Abuja.
Festus Uwakhemen, a realtor and member of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), made the appeal in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja.
He said the proposed legislation would provide property owners in the nation’s capital with greater assurance that their land titles cannot be indiscriminately revoked by successive administrations.
According to Uwakhemen, the call for a new law has become necessary due to frequent instances where Federal Capital Territory (FCT) ministers revoke land allocations approved by their predecessors—a situation he said has adversely affected individuals and corporate organizations.
“The National As...