Mrs Nancy Sabanti Nathan, has been appointed as Acting Head of Service of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA).
According to a statement on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the appointment takes immediate effect.
Naijaonpoint reports that Nathan was appointed in an acting capacity, pending the appointment of a substantive Head of Service.
Until her appointment, Mrs Nancy Sabanti Nathan, was the Permanent Secretary, Youth Development Secretariat of the FCTA.
Mrs Nancy Sabanti Nathan
She had served as the Director of Finance and Administration in the office of the Honourable Minister of FCT before her appointment as Permanent Secretary.
Nathan was appointed as a result of the death of the former FCTA Head of Service, Mrs Grace Adayilo, who died last week.
Meanwhile, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has imposed a ₦5m fine, to be paid within 30 days, on allottees and land title holders who have contravened the Land Use Act in the FCT.
Wike gave the approval after receiving the report of the committee set up to address the abuse of the Land Use Act in the FCT, in his office on Tuesday.
He also assented to a 7.5 per cent charge on the Assessed Capital Value of properties converted without the knowledge or express permission of the FCT Administration, payable within 30 days.
The minister had inaugurated the committees on August 8, 2025, describing the issue of land abuse as “very important” in streamlining the activities of the FCT Administration on emerging land matters.
Chairman of the Land Use and Purposes Clause Committee and Director of Development Control, Muktar Galadima, said the committee found that many properties on Ademola Adetokunbo Street, Aminu Kano Crescent, Yakubu Gowon Street, and Gana Street, among others, had been converted to residential, commercial or mixed usage, contravening the original agreements.
He added that the total capital value of the said properties amounted to ₦1,037,478,716,500, while recommending various sanctions on the defaulting title holders, including sealing of property, removal of buildings and structures, revocation and withdrawal of titles, if they failed to pay the fines.
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