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    The Attraction of Investors

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The FCT administration provides lots of incentives and the required enabling environment that make its offer irresistible   The first phase of the land swap programme is oversubscribed. Over 40 investors, local and international, applied to participate out of which 15 were selected […] More

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    Land Swap in Other Climes

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Other countries have used the Land Swap Initiative to build critical infrastructure at various times in their history The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is not the first government to formulate the land swap policy. Research showed a litany of governments that have resorted […] More

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    ‘More Countries Are Adopting Land Swap Policy’

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Farouk Sani, lawyer and co-coordinator of Abuja Infrastructure Investment Centre, an agency of the FCT administration that promotes and facilitates private sector investment and public infrastructure, explains the concept and execution of the policy in this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor; Tajudeen […] More

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    We Want a City that Works

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow John Chukwu, permanent secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Administration is a seasoned technocrat and head of the efficient bureaucracy that supports the land swap policy. He examines the policy and its implementation in this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor, and Tajudeen […] More

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    Land Swap Is a Great Ingenuity

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow She is a Lagos-born lawyer and Special Assistant, Legal and Multilaterals to the FCT Minister. In this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor; Chinenye Eseke, reporter and Adewale Adelola, senior photographer, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, discusses the legal and policy aspects of the land swap […] More

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    ‘The Law Protects Investors and the FCT’

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Ima Okpongete, general counsel and secretary, legal, Federal Capital Territory Administration speaks to Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor; Tajudeen Suleiman, senior associate editor; Chinenye Eseke, reporter and Adewale Adelola, senior photojournalist. Excerpts: What is the legal framework for the land swap policy? The landswap […] More

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    ‘The Idea Is for Mr President to Leave Legacies’

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Bala Mohammed, minister of the Federal Capital Territory, discusses his ambitious land swap projects, other signature projects, security and governance in the territory in this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor, and Tajudeen Suleiman, senior associate editor. He says what drives him is […] More

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    A Marketer of Distinction

    Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It is either he has always had it or that being thrown into the ring as minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, transformed Senator Bala Mohammed into a consummate marketer. A few years ago, Akpan Ekpo, professor of economics and director-general of […] More

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