Senate: FCT Too Dirty, Gives 21-Day Deadline for Cleanup

The Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory has give the Area Councils 21 days to clean up parks, markets and the entire FCT or face sanctions.

The Chairman of the Committee Sen. Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) gave this directive when the committee met with chairmen of the six area councils in the FCT.

Senate to Probe Obasanjo, Jonathan, 6 Others Over Land Grab

Senate on Wednesday in Abuja declared that it would probe the violation of the Abuja Master Plan by successive presidents and administrations of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) since 1999 till date.

Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, irked by what he considered an affront by the immediate past Minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, on the resolutions of the Senate Committee on FCT, dropped the hint at a briefing with the Senate correspondents.

Senate Expresses Concern Over N350m Swap Scheme

Senate's legislative scrutiny into the 2016 Budget proposal produced another shocking revelation on Tuesday as some N350 million alleged fraud was discovered in the land swap scheme for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) through the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).

Chairman Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Dino Melaye, said that the Committee will not hesitate to ensure that all administrative anomalies, misappropriation of funds or abuse of law by the past administration of the FCT demands  justice‎

He stressed that such an important project is expected to undergo a pilot scheme engaging one or two districts as projects samples.