The management of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has announced the suspension of all construction activities in its estates in Gwarinpa, Apo/Guzape, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, including the structural development and building of any property.

A statement by the Head of Public Affairs, Kenneth Chigelu, says this follows management’s discovery of deliberate deviations from approved building plans in the estates and flagrant disobedience of Development Control directives by the Authority.

“While the management of FHA is working to restore the glory of all its estates in the country, it will not fold its hands to see the decay of such a national monument like Gwarinpa estate as a result of willful distortion of the master plan,” it added.

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According to FHA, it has become common knowledge that many residential properties have been turned into commercial use in the estate without approval, thereby causing a nuisance to residents, while some allottees have overbuilt their plots and illegally annexed government land.

The statement read: “To restore order and sanity, management has decided to review all building approvals in the estate to ensure conformity with Development Control standards and to ascertain genuine approvals.”

It further explained that, consequently, all developments in the estate are hereby suspended until management concludes the review of all development plans, adding that noncompliance with this directive would be met with a stiff penalty.