Anambra to demolish illegal structures in GRAs
The Anambra government said on Thursday in Nnewi that it would on March 31 commence the demolition of illegal structures on government reservation layouts in all cities across the state.
The Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Mr Okoli Akirika, disclosed this while inspecting the Unity Layout, Nnewi.
Akirika said that the central objective was to reclaim areas encroached upon by plot owners and land speculators.
Akirika said that the central objective was to reclaim areas encroached upon by plot owners and land speculators.
``We have received a lot of complaints that people are trespassing on government land unlawfully and unconventionally.
``Whoever feels that he/she has any interest in government estate should come along with his papers and have same either verified or rectified because we will no longer tolerate this manner of staccato development where people come in to develop indiscriminately.
``It does not pay anybody to engage in acts of rascality or illegality. We have had reasons in the past to destroy structures for this purpose because people resorted to self-help and inducement.
``You should not under the guise of non-payment of compensation or perceived abandonment of its property resort to encroaching on government land.
``We are not going to tolerate any act of unlawful trespass on government layouts, and no matter the type of structure put on ground we shall not hesitate to reduce them to rubbles,” he said.
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