FCT Reacts To Unapproved Fundings In The State

The Federal Capital Territory Administration Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signanege reported that N500m has been lost in revenue form to erect mastheads that were done without proper approval.

According to the The Director of the DOAS, Dr Babagana Adam, he explained that while some companies had paid the permit fee, they had refused to pay the processing fee of N1.5m, while going ahead to erect their masts.
Adam further described that the development was an illegal arrangement.

He added that records with the Department in the FCTA has shown that 3,050 masts in the city had no genuine approval.

Adam said, “We have lost about N500m revenue to illegal masts and towers in the territory. The permit for erecting a mast is N20,000, the processing fee is N1.5million.

“But many don’t pay, they only pay for the permit and go ahead erecting their masts and towers.

“We discovered this when some communities laid the complaint to the National Assembly that the noise from the towers was affecting them and need to be addressed.”