The Federal Capital Territory may remain outside Nigeria’s emerging state police framework because Abuja does not have the constitutional institutions that define a state, the Senate has explained. The clarification comes as Nigeria moves towards a major restructuring of its policing system, with the National Assembly having already approved constitutional amendments designed to allow states […]
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to boosting internally generated revenue through taxation, stressing that the FCT, unlike oil-producing states, depends solely on taxes to fund development. Wike highlighted the backlog of unpaid ground rents, some stretching back 20 to 30 years, and noted that although the current administration […]
