- The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, has urged owners of Federal Government-owned lands and houses in Lagos State to pay their ground rent.
- The minister directed estate associations to collect facility management fees, but not ground rent.
- A joint committee will be formed with the Lagos state government to resolve land disputes and harmonize tax payments.
The Federal Government has directed owners of Federal Government-owned lands and houses in Lagos State to pay their ground rent. Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa, issued this directive during a stakeholder-citizen engagement on land administration .
According to Dangiwa, the failure of owners of titled properties to pay ground rent and other statutory charges has resulted in the loss of trillions of naira in revenue to the Federal Government. He warned that the refusal of some residents’ associations to allow staff of the Ministry access to their estates for billing purposes would attract penalties and sanctions .
In a related development, the Federal Government had earlier given a 60-day notice to owners of its Certificate of Occupancy (CofO) to comply with the payment of ground rent and statutory charges or risk having their CofOs revoked .
