The Ministry of Housing and City Growth, on Saturday, has alerted most people that it has not but commenced any course of for the sale of the 753-unit housing property recovered from former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, by the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee (EFCC).
This was disclosed in an announcement by the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Badamasi Haiba , on Saturday, twenty fourth Could, 2025.
The assertion is in response to reviews reaching the Ministry indicating that scammers had been already on the transfer to defraud Nigerians, claiming they’ve slots from the housing ministry to promote the homes, asking for N500,000 for the acquisition of non non-existent expression of curiosity type.
Reacting to the event, the Ministry, which simply took over the property from the EFCC, harassed that the homes might be accomplished by the Ministry and all the required infrastructure might be supplied earlier than providing them to the general public on the market and for the particular wants of the federal government.
“The Hon Minister, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa had in that regard introduced that the Ministry would arrange a technical committee to hold out a bodily evaluation of the ability, conduct integrity take a look at of the buildings, and confirm the infrastructure wants that can make the property liveable and at last provide you with the disposal technique,” the assertion partly reads.
The general public was subsequently knowledgeable that the Ministry will give a transparent and enough announcement, in addition to a method outlined for the gross sales of the homes, as directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Recall that the Minister of Housing and City Growth, Arc. Ahmed Musa Dangiwa had on Wednesday inspected the stated 753-unit housing property in Abuja, assuring Nigerians of extra of such recoveries.
The minister said that whereas the restoration is “excellent”, many such patterns of restoration are ongoing.
“As you may all see, that is the largest restoration of its sort within the historical past of this nation, 753 housing items recovered inside nearly a 12 months of his appointment.
“Many extra recoveries are ongoing, and we guarantee Nigerians that we are going to see extra of such outcomes. Nigerians might be higher for it, ” the Minister stated.
Justice Onwuegbuzie, in his ruling, said that the respondent didn’t justify possession of the property, which was “moderately suspected to have been acquired with proceeds of illegal actions.”
The Ministry has not but introduced the timeline for the sale, however is anticipated to offer extra particulars as soon as the evaluation of the property is accomplished.
Moreover, for the reason that forfeiture order was issued by a Federal Capital Territory Excessive Courtroom, a courtroom of first occasion, the order could also be examined by the disagreeing events at superior courts, for remaining willpower of the event.
