The Oyo State Government has called on the people of the state to ensure that they have updated land documents so as not to have their lands revoked or property demolished.
The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, while on duty tour to various sites owned by the state government in Ibadan said the present administration was interested in the issue of lands across the state for proper documentation and accesibility.
“This is the right time for good people of Oyo State to know that things should be done in the proper manner. Anyone that does not have an up to date documents should do so because the ministry would be paying an unscheduled visits to various sites to check if the sites have genuine approval.
“If there is any infraction whatsoever from anyone on the sites visited, the person would face the full wrath of the law as the present administration is not out to witch-hunt anybody but to enforce law and order and to ensure that proper approval is given before construction on sites is being carried out,” he explained.
The commissioner who was accompanied by the permanent secretary and some directors of the ministry served a “stop work notice” to the contractors handling the construction of some houses at Mami Market Agodi, GRA and a Water Corporation building at Jericho asked the contractors to report at the ministry with necessary documents for the construction of the site.
The team also visited the industrial park as well as free trade zone along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to assess the lands in the area.
Meanwhile, Abdu-Raheem who took the opportunity to pay a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of Technical University, Ibadan assured the institution of government readiness to assist in the provision of adequate space of land.
He said the present administration was interested in the development of the education sector.
The Vice Chancellor of Technical University Ibadan, Professor Ayobami Salami, appreciated the Seyi Makinde-led administration for its support while calling for adequate security.
He stressed that the university was facing security challenges because of the porosity of the villages surrounding the institution.
Earlier, a group of people from Temidire, Bako area of Odo Ona in Ibadan protested at the ministry to express their grievances over encroachment of the area by some hoodlums making life unbearable.
The commissioner assured the people of immediate action, saying government would not condone disturbance of people on their land.
