Minister over the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike ruled that individuals seeking Certificates of Occupancy in the FCT must tender their National Identification Number (NIN), whereas incorporated groups have to furnish the company’s Bank Verification Number (BVN).
This guideline is for people applying for Certificates of Occupancy in the Federal Capital Territory.
As earlier stated, Nyesom Wike explained why he stopped signing any C-of-O submitted to him. He noted that he ‘doesn’t trust those C-Os they are bringing for me to sign. I don’t want to sign a C of O that has been given to another person.’
On Friday, while attending to journalists, Wike said that the new standard set is to guarantee safety in the place. In addition, he said that in FCT there are individuals with names of the same kind.
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His statements were: ‘There are people who have lands in the area councils, and by the FCT Act, all lands belong to the FCT; no Area Council has the power to allocate land or issue you a C-of-O. To rectify these anomalies, we’ve set up a council to look into this, as we don’t want to go back and cause some problems for individuals who have land and certificates.
‘What we did was inform them to come for proper documentation for the C-of-O. We noticed a lot of discrepancies in the claims of C-of-O. So, we have the verbal approval of the president, and we’re waiting for it to be official.’
‘We’ve come up with the idea that every allottee must supply his NIN, and this will help with security as anyone could come to you to claim a C-of-O. So, anyone cannot come up to claim a C-of-O. This is one of the features.’
‘Also, since corporate bodies don’t have NINs, they have to submit their BVN.’
‘In the process of introducing this feature, we discovered that so many people have not registered, and now they have to register,’ he added.