Reps consider bill to ban compulsory multi-year advance rent in FCT

Premium Times22 October 2026, 15:29 UTCNigeria

The bill also seeks to prohibit unlawful eviction practices, including threats or violence, disconnection of essential services, removal or destruction of a tenant’s property, changing locks without lawful authority and other forms of self-help. The post Reps consider bill to ban compulsory multi-year advance rent in FCT appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

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