The FCTA believes that the rising cases of uncompleted buildings was the cause of increase in the price of rent.
The Federal Capital Territory Administration says it has uncovered 6000 uncompleted buildings across the territory.
The Authority had intensified efforts to curb rising cases of uncompleted buildings in the city centre and the territory.
FCTA Department of Development Control director, Muktar Galadima, disclosed this in an interview on Sunday, in Abuja.
He said, “We have over 6,000 uncompleted buildings in Abuja and the Federal Capital Territory Administration is making some efforts to stem the tide of rising cases of uncompleted buildings in the territory.”
Mr Galadima said the administration has informed the owners of the buildings to complete the structures and set them for use based on the original master plan.
He also revealed that his department held an interactive session with the owners of the uncompleted buildings and educated them on the consequences of having uncompleted structures all over the city and territory.
According to him, “some of them had responded favourably and the department conducted integrity tests on some of the structures, while some others had made efforts to complete the structures.
Citing the FCT Act of 1976, the Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law and the Abuja Master Plan, Mr Galadima said “unoccupied buildings had consequences on the development of the city.”
(NAN)
