Tenement Rates: an End to the Tenement Rate Saga in Abuja

The issue of whether residents in the Federal Capital Territory (F.C.T.) are obliged to pay tenement rates to their Area Councils, has been a reoccurring question many have pondered upon.

This opinion shall review the judgement delivered by Honourable Justice V.B. Ashi on the legality of the payment of tenement rates in the F.C.T.