The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has declared that no judge of the FCT will live in a rented apartment by the end of President Bola Tinubu’s first tenure.
Wike made the promise at the flagging off of the construction of 40 units of duplexes for heads of courts in Abuja.
At the ceremony, the Minister stated that funding for the project was contained in the 2024/2025 budget of the FCT Administration, as proposed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, approved by the National Assembly, and assented to by the President.
Breaking down the project, Wike said the duplexes would be distributed as follows: 10 for Court of Appeal Judges, 10 for Federal High Court Judges, and 20 for FCT High Court Judges.
He assured that the houses would be handed over to the beneficiaries by President Tinubu after the 12-month project timeline.
He emphasised the ownership structure of the properties, stating: “I want to make it clear that what we are doing today is not just for the heads of courts who will simply leave when they retire. No. As they retire, the property becomes their own. This is the approval of Mr President, and that is why we issued the Certificates of Occupancy (C-of-Os) in their names.”
