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July 31, 2008

The Storm over Resettlement of FCT Indigenes

by Damilola Oyedele, This Day Online, Nigeria - When the Federal Capital Territory was conceived, the policy was to resettle the indigenes or pay compensation to those affected by the development. However, along the line subsequent governments did not execute this policy. Added to this, is the insincerity on the part of the people.

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