Ekiti State Government has said that federal agencies occupying houses
belonging to the State Government must comply with the government
directive by either buying the properties they are presently occupying
or paying rent on the properties.
The government, which reacted to news report that it evicted the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) Ekiti State command
and other Federal ministries and agencies from their various offices,
said; “Yearly, budgetary provisions are made for payment of rent by
federal government agencies, which has no permanent offices across the
36 States of the federation and we wonder why those that have been
occupying properties belonging to the Ekiti State government for over
10 years do not want to pay rent or make the properties theirs by
buying them.”
In a statement issued on Thursday by Governor Ayodele Fayose’s Special
Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the
government disclosed that some of the agencies have purchased the
properties they are occupying while others like National Population
Commission (NPC) have promised to pay next week.
The statement read in part; “As at today, the National Agency for Food
and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and National
Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA)
have paid has paid N5.5 million and N10.8 million respectively for
outright purchase of the properties they are occupying.
“Even the NSCDC is already offering to pay N18 million instead of the
N27 million it is ought to pay.
“The Nigerian Prison Service, which is occupying properties valued at
N108 million is insisting that it won’t pay and we have given a
seven-day ultimatum for all the federal agencies to either purchase
the properties, pay rent or quit.
“We are yet to evict them. We gave them notice of one year and we have
now giving another seven days. There is no going back.”
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