He said the property was among 4,794 titles revoked in March due to unpaid ground rent totalling more than N6 billion.
“From 2019 to 2023, no fewer than 3,000 mentally challenged persons were removed from the streets of Abuja. Yet, every day you will see new faces in the city,” he said.
The minister’s aide said that despite the market’s closure since Friday, May 5, there were still refuse in different locations within the market.
The four acting directors were approved for the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
Mr Dantsoho stated that FCTA had stopped all 17 Graded Chiefs in the territory and others from the sale of any portion of the land within the FCT.
The FCTA said that “The market has places earmarked for different purposes but the traders have thwarted the whole plan.”
Mr Shuaibu said that the council discovered that many of the owners of the hospitality industry operating in the territory are not known to the FCT administration.
FCT authorities say using CCTV would help security agencies fight crimes and criminality in the territory.
The minister said the market, which would be quarterly, was initiated to encourage rural women farmers across the six Area Councils.
Mr Ibrahim said records showed that about 55,000 persons in Nigeria die annually from dog and cat-mediated rabies infections.
