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Last Updated: Monday, December 13th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page FCTdenies demolishing Adamawa Gov’s Abuja homes   By Don Bassey Correspondent, Abuja   The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) administration has denied media reports that it has demolished houses belonging to Adamawa State Governor, Boni Haruna, in Abuja revealing rather that the governor applied for a plot of land that is currently being processed. A statement from the ministry signed by Chief Press Secretary to the FCT Minister, Nasir el-Rufai, described the demolition claims as being “baseless and untrue but also misleading” adding that the el-Rufai administration has never demolished any house or houses belonging to the Adamawa State Chief executive. The claim that Haruna’s Abuja house was demolished was contained in an advertisement placed in an Abuja-based daily last week and titled “The Conquest of Adamawa”. But denying that he had demolished the governor’s house, el-Rufai said: “This advertorial which was signed by Ahmadu Abubakar alluded to the fact that Nasir el-Rufai, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory demolished houses belonging to Governor Boni Haruna of Adamawa State. The administration wishes to distance itself from Abubakar’s claim. The claim is not only baseless and untrue but also misleading. In fact, the Department of Development Control, the Ministry’s arm in-charge of correcting the master plan has not demolished any house or houses belonging to the Adamawa State Governor since the inception of the el-Rufai administration. For further clarifications, Governor Boni Haruna has applied for a plot of land, which is being processed. The Ministry advises members of the public, especially the media, to always cross-check their facts before going to press as such unsubstantiated statements as Abubakar’s can only generate bad blood, division as well as distract our leaders from concentrating on the task of nation-building”. Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Co-ordinating Executive Secretary, Mohammed Alhassan, had informed newsmen a fortnight ago that demolishing of structures in the Abuja City-Centre was an on-going activity.     Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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