The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has on Friday, January 13, directed all the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government Agencies occupying Ekiti State properties, to vacate, or pay their rent within seven days.
Fayose, gave this directive in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Lere Olayinka.
Fayose, explained that the State Government evicted the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ekiti State Command, and other Federal Ministries and Agencies from their various offices, because they were yet to pay their rent.
“Yearly, budgetary provisions are made for payment of rent by Federal Government Agencies, which have no permanent offices across the 36 States of the federation.“We then wonder why those that have been occupying property belonging to the Ekiti government for over 10 years, do not want to pay rent, or make the properties theirs, by buying them,” Fayose said
The Governor added, that some of the Agencies had purchased the properties they are occupying, while others like the National Population Commission, NPC, had promised to pay.
“As at today, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, and National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, NESREA, have already paid N5.5 million and N10.8 million respectively, for outright purchase of the properties they are occupying.“Even the NSCDC is already offering to pay N18 million, instead of the N27 million it ought to pay.“The Nigerian Prison Service, NPS, which is also occupying property valued at N108 million, is insisting that it won’t pay.“We have given a 7-day ultimatum for all the Federal Agencies to purchase the property, pay rent, or quit.“We are yet to evict them, we only gave them notice of one year, and we have now given another seven days of grace, and there is no going back,” Fayose, was quoted in the statement.
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