The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun enforcement actions on 1,095 property titles in the Federal Capital Territory following their revocation for non-payment of Ground Rent, Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) bills, Penalty/Violation fees, and Land Use Conversion fees.
The affected properties are located in Asokoro, Maitama, Garki, and Wuse districts of the Federal Capital City (FCC).
According to the administration, owners of the revoked property titles had repeatedly ignored multiple public notices issued between May and November through national newspapers, online platforms, and television stations, urging defaulters to settle their outstanding liabilities or risk losing their titles.
A public notice issued on Friday and titled ‘Commencement of enforcement actions on defaulters of Ground Rent payments, Land Use Conversion Fee, C-of-O bills’ confirmed the start of the enforcement process.
It reads, “The general public, particularly holders of property in the FCT, are hereby notified that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), His Excellency, Barr. Nyesom Wike has approved the commencement of enforcement actions on a total of 1,095 properties in the Federal Capital City (FCC) for defaulting on various payments.
“Despite the several publications/public notices made by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) in some national dailies, online platforms and television stations requesting defaulters to settle their financial obligations/liabilities to the FCTA namely – Ground Rent, Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) Bill, Penalty/Violation Fee, and Land Use Conversion Fee, the underlisted property holders have failed to comply. This contravenes the provisions of Section 28, Subsections 5(a) and (b) of the Land Use Act and also the terms and conditions of the grant of the respective Rights of Occupancy.
“Following the expiration of the final grace period of fourteen (14) calendar days on Tuesday, the 25th of November 2025, the FCT Administration will carry out enforcement actions on the 835 properties for defaulting in payment of Ground Rent and 260 properties for defaulting in payment of Violation Fee and Land Use Conversion Fee.”
Recall that on Monday, Wike warned ground rent defaulters in the territory that there would be no further extension on the payment deadline.
The FCTA later in the week said it would commence fresh enforcement actions on Wednesday, 26 November, against defaulters of ground rent, land use change, and conversion fees, as well as right-of-occupancy and certificate-of-occupancy bills.
The administration noted that the two-week and the presidential grace periods granted defaulters four months ago had long elapsed, stressing that it would be the last opportunity for defaulters to pay.
In May, it was reported that the FCTA sealed some of the 4,792 institutions whose properties were affected by the non-payment of ground rent, including the PDP national secretariat in Zone 5, Wuse District.
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Other organizations earlier on the list of defaulters included the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), CONOIL Plc, Borno State Government, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), National University Commission (NUC), M.R.S Investment Company Limited (owners of MRS Petrol Stations) and Kaduna State Government.
The Nigerian Port Authority (NPA), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Federal Ministry of Environment, Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company, University of Calabar, Nigerian Postal Service and Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) were also among the defaulters.
As of the filing of this report, it is unclear whether some of them have made the payment.
A visit by our correspondent to the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS) office showed that many people were struggling to see how they could salvage the situation and see if they could effect payment.
