The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has began the demolition of properties in Kano and cause dispute with residents who claim to have legal ownership of the affected homes.
The demolition comes after a longstanding dispute over the sale of the properties, which residents argue was approved by the federal government.
Reacting to the incident a staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and Secretary of the Aviation Quarters Committee, described FAAN’s action as a violation of a federal government-approved property sale.
Mustapha said residents had been in discussion with the government since 2011 regarding the purchase of their homes under the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on Sale of Government Properties.
He also claimed that despite the government’s approval and the implementation of the monetization policy in 2003, FAAN had refused to recognize…
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