The Senate Committee chairman on FCT Senator Smart Adeyemi wants the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Bello to commence implementation of property tax in FCT for enhanced revenue generation .

Senator Smart stated this during presentation of the 2022 budget before the joint committee of the Senate and the house of representatives in Abuja.

According to Senator Adeyemi, the implementation of property tax in FCT , would not only give the administration , N200billion to N250billion in a year but also helped in preventing crime and criminality within the territory.

Pointing out that it is only in Nigeria that people are allowed to build Houses or Estates without renting them out for many years, which invariably serve as hideouts for criminally minded ones .

Responding to questions on insecurity, the minister of the FCT, Mohammed Bello disclosed to the Committee members that 60vehicles worth N2billion , would be distributed to various security agencies like the Nigeria Police , the Army , Civil Defence among others next week Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello said thatdistricts in the FCT will benefit from the Greater Abuja Water Supply project when completed.

The minister told the lawmakers that the project was a bilateral initiative to enhance water supply in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).

He explained that the implementation would extend the supply of potable water to about 26 districts in phases II and III covering Gwarinpa 1 and 2, Utako, Dutse, Gudu Kaura, Wuye, Mabushi, Jahi, Kado, Karmo, Galadimawa, Lokogoma, Kabusa, Dape among others.

He also said that the construction of the 14km Mpape-Shere Galuwyi Road was a bold initiative of the administration to ensure successful resettlement of original inhabitants in about 16 communities.

“The Resettlement Site covers about 900 hectares of land in Bwari Area Council, to resettle the 16 villages namely: Utako, Maje, Mabushi, Jabi Samuel, Jabi Yakubu, Kpaadna, Zhilu, Gishini, Dakibiyu, Gwarimpa, Galadima.

Bello said that the sum of N607,952,023,580 has been proposed for the FCT 2022 Statutory Budget comprising Distributable Revenue of N370,215,843,779 and Non-Distributable Revenue of N237,736,179,801.

In his contribution, senator Rochas Okorocha called for enabling laws to develop the Abuja City Centre.

Earlier in his remarks, Chairman Senate Committee on FCT, Senator Smart Adeyemi said that the national assembly through its oversight functions would ensure that the beauty and status of FCT becomes the pride of Nigeria and the world.

He also commended the minister for the number of projects so far executed while assuring FCT residents of the completion of ongoing projects.