{
  "id": 16189681,
  "title": "N3.5bn Revenue Hangs as Abuja Estate Residents Fight for Cof O",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/n3-5bn-revenue-hangs-as-abuja-estate-residents-fight-for-cof-o",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T07:38:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/23/n3-5bn-revenue-hangs-as-abuja-estate-residents-fight-for-cof-o/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Residents of the Prince and Princess Estate in Abuja are demanding that the Department of Lands, FCT Administration compel the developers, Prince & Princess Properties Limited, to provide the necessary documents for the issuance of Certificates of Occupancy (CofO). The residents have been applying for the CofO since 2015 but have been unable to move forward due to the developers' refusal to provide the required information. This inaction has cost the FCT Administration approximately N3.5 billion in revenue that would have been generated through processing fees. According to an Executive Member of the Prince & Princess Estate Residents Association, the developers are intentionally withholding critical information from the FCT Administration, denying the government of the much-needed revenue. The residents are urging the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to intervene and either compel the developers to provide the documents or grant an executive waiver for the issuance of the CofO. The required documents include a land use and site development plan, building plan, engineering infrastructure design, A-built survey plan, a 3D aerial photo of the estate, and a list of beneficiaries (house owners). Despite the residents' compliance with the developers' request for proof of payments and allocation letters, the process has not progressed. The Prince & Princess Estate is a prominent gated community in Abuja with over 7,000 residents.",
  "summary": "Residents of Prince and Princess of Estate are crying out to the Department of Lands, FCT Administration to compel the developers of the estate, Prince & Princess Properties Limited, to",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}