The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has changed Abuja’s land administration, according to the Centre for Democratic Integrity and Leadership (CDIL), which has resulted in the cancellation of underdeveloped plots.
According to rumors, the minister gave his sons, Jordan and Joaquin, thousands of hectares of land.
At a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Kelvin Kuhwa, the head of CDIL, called the accusations “politically motivated.”
With illicit land acquisitions and dormant allocations being canceled and redistributed to people who would use the land productively, CDIL claims that land administration has come under renewed scrutiny.
According to CDIL, there is no restriction on giving land to a genuine business, regardless of the identities of its directors, and the right procedures were followed when giving land to Wike’s son’s company, Joaq Farms and Estates Ltd.
“The FCT was a textbook example of government dysfunction, from neglected roads and infrastructure decay to bureaucratic indifference and fiscal leakage,” the statement continued. But these tendencies have quickly, visibly, and quantifiably reversed in the nation’s capital under Wike’s leadership.
“He has revived the long-abandoned renovation of the International Conference Centre, now renamed the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Conference Centre, and turned it into a world-class diplomatic hub. For years, the ICC stood in embarrassing decline, yet within months, it was not only fully rehabilitated but re-equipped to host high-level international summits with renewed prestige. This alone is a legacy-defining achievement.”
DHIL added that in transportation, Wike has successfully delivered intra-city rail and bus terminals, a bold step in solving urban congestion, reducing informal motor park chaos, and enhancing public safety for commuters.
“Additionally, dozens of internal roads have been resurfaced, expanded, or completed, particularly in fast-growing but underserved areas like Lokogoma, Galadimawa, Jahi, and Karmo. These are communities that were excluded from the federal development map until Wike insisted on inclusive urban renewal. The roads in Guzape and Asokoro Extension, once impassable, now attract investors and residents due to deliberate planning and engineering discipline introduced under his watch.
“Land administration has been subjected to new scrutiny under this same reformist paradigm. Dormant allocations and unlawful land grabs were common in Abuja prior to Mr. Wike’s inauguration. The minister started taking back undeveloped allocations and lawfully redistributing them to people who would use the property in a constructive manner as part of his commitment to sanitize the system.
It is not unlawful nor unusual that certain distributions were given to business organizations, including Joaq Farms and Estates Ltd. Joaq Farms is a legally recognized company. Allocating land to a legitimate firm based on the identities of its directors is not prohibited by current law, provided that the correct procedures are followed, which all available information indicates they were.
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