The Executive Director of Estate Services at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Ezekiel Nya-Etok, has blamed land grabbers for the deplorable state of FESTAC Town and other satellite estates.
Nya-Etok, who spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily , programme on Thursday, acknowledged the frustration of residents but stressed that the FHA was “doing everything possible to restore the glory of housing estates across the country”.
“We feel the pain and frustration of FESTAC residents”, he said, warning against the purchase of uncharted land. “Do not buy unallocated land from ‘ omo onile ‘]Land grabbers]”.
However, a FESTAC resident, Valentine Uduebor, who also appeared on the programme, faulted the FHA for neglecting the community, insisting there was no federal presence in the estate.
“The state of FESTAC is unacceptable. It is an embarrassment to say FESTAC was once the beauty of Nigeria. Today, it is worse than Ajegunle”, Uduebor lamented.
He alleged that estate parks and public utilities had “been sold off by the FHA”, worsening the infrastructure challenges in the area.
Uduebor appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to work with local governments and residents to restore sanity to FESTAC.
Source: Channels TV
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