We have gone to this extent to explain dynamics of the transformation of the green areas to prove the point that the immediate past FCT administration was simply following precedents in adopting out-of-the-box strategies that would guarantee more effective land use management. The truth is that the previous administration drew immensely from both the Accelerated Development Program of El-Rufai and the Sunshine Hills Estate of Abba Gana, in prosecuting its highly ambitious mass housing programs. It is on record that the administration, under Senator Bala Mohammed, collaborated with estate developers and institutions like the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC to develop districts for workers while the administration itself conceived three social and affordable housing schemes in Wasa and Mamusa Districts which were allocated to co-operatives to provide housing to the lower cadre.
Conclusion
From the above, we want to conclude as:
1. The Minister never acted outside the limits of his powers in the matter of land management in the FCT.
2. The Abuja Master Plan has never been inviolable. At various times in the past, Senator Bala Mohammed’s predecessors had managed the plan to achieve a functional and harmonious development in the city. For all his actions in the area of land management, there were precedents by his predecessors some of whom are still serving the nation in various capacities.
3. What we do not understand is the Senate Committee Chairman’s unusual interest in the Minister’s Hill. The committee needs no reminding that all the beneficiaries of plots at the redesigned Minister’s Hill are Nigerians who are legitimately and eminently qualified to receive the allocations that were made within the constitutional powers of the minister following laid down procedures and precedence set by his predecessors. Some of these predecessors are not just around they are still very much in the service of the nation
4. We recognize the prerogative of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT to carry out his oversight functions in any manner he chooses but that should never include making unguarded statements that tend to ridicule those who served to the best of their ability or derogate the powers of the executive to carry out their normal constitutional duties.
5. The committee will need to be reminded that a similar effort to revoke the last minute allocations by El-Rufai on the eve of his departure could not stand. Ironically, it fell on Senator Bala Mohammed to resolve the matter and restore the status quo, which led to massive development in the FCT and alleviate unnecessary litigation.
6. The former minister is available at all times to clarify his actions in the area of land management thereby avoiding unnecessary dramatization of ignorance or grandstanding for media attention.
From the above, we want to conclude as:
1. The Minister never acted outside the limits of his powers in the matter of land management in the FCT.
2. The Abuja Master Plan has never been inviolable. At various times in the past, Senator Bala Mohammed’s predecessors had managed the plan to achieve a functional and harmonious development in the city. For all his actions in the area of land management, there were precedents by his predecessors some of whom are still serving the nation in various capacities.
3. What we do not understand is the Senate Committee Chairman’s unusual interest in the Minister’s Hill. The committee needs no reminding that all the beneficiaries of plots at the redesigned Minister’s Hill are Nigerians who are legitimately and eminently qualified to receive the allocations that were made within the constitutional powers of the minister following laid down procedures and precedence set by his predecessors. Some of these predecessors are not just around they are still very much in the service of the nation
4. We recognize the prerogative of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT to carry out his oversight functions in any manner he chooses but that should never include making unguarded statements that tend to ridicule those who served to the best of their ability or derogate the powers of the executive to carry out their normal constitutional duties.
5. The committee will need to be reminded that a similar effort to revoke the last minute allocations by El-Rufai on the eve of his departure could not stand. Ironically, it fell on Senator Bala Mohammed to resolve the matter and restore the status quo, which led to massive development in the FCT and alleviate unnecessary litigation.
6. The former minister is available at all times to clarify his actions in the area of land management thereby avoiding unnecessary dramatization of ignorance or grandstanding for media attention.
Emma Agu
Media Consultant to Senator Bala Mohammed, CON
Former Minister of the FCT
Former Minister of the FCT
courtesy http://expose.com.ng/index.php/2016/02/10/use-with-the-firm-belief-that-if-the-administration-needed-to-recover-the-whole-land-it-could-do-so-since-it-was-not-covered-by-deeds-and-titles/
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