Posted by Lolade on Thu 21st Jan, 2016 - tori.ng
The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory will be summoned to face a panel set up by the House of Representatives over land swap deals.
Former FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed
A House of Representatives panel has finalized plans to summon former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Bala Mohammed over the issue of land swap policy.
The committee on FCT chaired by Rep Herman Hembe, on Wednesday, January 20, that Mohammed would be summoned to explain his role in the land swap policy as head of the ministry of FCT.
The Lower Chamber had on December 15 mandated the committee to examine the land swap policy following a motion on the matter.
Hembe told newsmen in Abuja yesterday that the committee would determine the effectiveness and otherwise of the policy, level of infrastructural development in the designated districts as well as its benefits.
The committee is also set to determine the status of allotted but undeveloped plots within Abuja city centre as well as abandoned capital projects within the territory and make appropriate recommendations to the House.
Asked if their action would not be misinterpreted to mean witch-hunt of the past administration, Hembe said: “I was in the last House and I was also a member of PDP. But the bottom line is that what is wrong is wrong.
"We’re looking at what had been done wrongly,” he added.