Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has approved the confirmation of eight acting directors for the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA, as substantive directors.
The Executive Secretary, FCDA, Mr Shehu Ahmad announced the confirmation in a statement on Monday. He identified those promoted as Mr Jatto Abdulkareem, Director, Engineering Infrastructure Rehabilitation, Mr Nasiru Suleiman, Director, Resettlement and Compensation and Mr Richard Dauda, Director, Engineering Services.
Others are Charity Olla, Director, Surveying and Mapping, Mr Yakubu Abubakar, Director, Legal Services, Mr Abdulrahim Zulqarnain, Director, Engineering Design and Evaluation, Mr Hassan Musa Director, Public Building and Maryam Ameh, Director, Internal Audit.
“The management and staff of the FCDA express their profound gratitude and appreciation to the FCT Minister, for the approval.
“This will go a long way in boosting the morale of the beneficiaries and improve their productivity, which is one of the cardinal objectives of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s administration,” he noted in the statement.
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Recall that Wike had earlier attributed the rising cost of housing accommodation in FCT to market forces.
Wike stated this when he visited Zeberced Limited Quarry, Kubwa-Abuja, to see what the company was doing. While responding to questions from journalists on what the FCT Administration was doing to address high rent for accommodation in Abuja, the minister noted that everything has increased in cost.
He said no government legislates on rents for houses, but market forces.
Wike said: “You are aware that everything has actually increased. The man who built the houses didn’t build that he will not make profit at the end of the day.
“I don’t agree with people always complaining about rent increases. There are increases in everything today. So, rent should not be singled out.
“You want us to make a law and say that a 2-bedroom flat should not be more than N50,000 or N100,000 for example. I don’t think that will encourage investors.
“We are not running a socialist or communist system; we are running a capitalist economy, and these are determined by market forces.”
The minister however added that the government could come in with some regulations, saying “but cannot totally take over the housing processes.”
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