Government Pulls Down Structures at Aquatech College of Agric, Others

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

Some buildings termed unlawful by the Oyo State authorities have been pulled down at Omololu Olunloyo GRA, Ibadan, the state capital.

The demolition was carried out by officers of the state authorities on Thursday and it affected the Aquatech Faculty of Agriculture and Know-how, whose proprietor was accused of leasing of presidency lands with out approval.

The officers additionally eliminated some buildings round Ring Highway, Adeoyo, for non-compliance with bodily planning guidelines and laws.

The Everlasting Secretary, Ministry of Land, Housing and City Improvement, Mrs Mofoluke Adebiyi, who led the staff, stated the train was to revive sanity to the land use administration, city and bodily planning and improvement in Oyo State.

She revealed that the land in query was acquired by the federal government of the western area for the development of Adeoyo Hospital Ring Highway and different makes use of, including that the normal homeowners had been duly compensated throughout the interval.

The senior authorities official famous that the Bureau of Bodily Planning served a number of notices over time, however affected occupants didn’t do the needful.

“Traditionally, this place was acquired by the federal government of the Western area for Adeoyo State Hospital, a part of it’s for GRA, and conventional homeowners had been compensated duly.

“Successive administrations have sounded warning notes, however folks thought the federal government was joking, so we determined to maneuver round at present and act accordingly,” she acknowledged.

Mrs Adebiyi additionally stated, “We realized that some are practising agriculture, which may be very flawed in a GRA. They’ve birds and a few animals in momentary buildings, however we gave them 24 hours to vacate the birds and animals as a result of they’re residing issues.”

She suggested these prepared to buy land at GRAs to not cope with people however to strategy the federal government to avert false transactions, saying, “If a spot known as GRA, it is very important go to the assigned Authorities workplaces to make enquiries as a result of the federal government is the proprietor.”

The Everlasting Secretary stated these claiming to have approvals ought to come to the Ministry of Lands Housing and City Improvement for verification.

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