The Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning Board
on has issued a contravention notice on some owners and occupants of
Workers’ Estate, Laderin in Abeokuta.
The estate was constructed exclusively for civil servants in 2007 by the immediate administration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Some of the occupants told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Tuesday that the houses were allocated to them after due process and vowed to resist government’s move to pull down their structures.
Officials of the Town Planning Board had marked some of the houses in the estate for demolition, alleging they were constructed without approval.
The agency advised those affected to restore the land to its original state, failing which it would demolish the structures.
There are about 276 flats in the estate and it could not be ascertained as at Wednesday, the number of houses marked for demolition.
A copy of the contravention letter dated August 9, 2011 and titled “Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning Law No. 20 of 2005 Contravention Notice” reads in part, “Your contravention consists of Construction of this building suspected to be without approval from this office.
“If you dispute the above contravention, you are requested to bring all documents in support of your case including your development permit to the undersigned within 24 hours of the service of this notice on you.
“If you do not dispute the contravention, you are ordered to restore the land to its original state by removing the said contravention.
“If you fail to remove the said contravention within seven days from the date of service of this notice, the said contravention shall be demolished after service of demolition notice on you.
But the residents of the estate maintained that they purchased the buildings from the state Ministry of Housing, which constructed them.
They demanded to know the rationale behind the contravention notice, arguing that the various extensions done at the estate were even approved by the Ministry of Housing.
Some of the workers told NAN that they had invested huge sums of money in making their respective buildings habitable and expressed their determination to resist what they described as “unjust government decision.”
An aggrieved worker, who preferred anonymity, said each house owner had signed an agreement with the state government.
He said, “By privilege of being state workers and in tandem with the policy of state government to ensure provision of affordable housing scheme, we workers were able to get the houses.
“We made 10 per cent down payment of the total cost. An average cost of each house then was N975,000.
“We signed agreement with the state government on how many years we want to complete payment.”
By Agency Reporter Courtesy Of: Punch
The estate was constructed exclusively for civil servants in 2007 by the immediate administration of Otunba Gbenga Daniel.
Some of the occupants told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Tuesday that the houses were allocated to them after due process and vowed to resist government’s move to pull down their structures.
Officials of the Town Planning Board had marked some of the houses in the estate for demolition, alleging they were constructed without approval.
The agency advised those affected to restore the land to its original state, failing which it would demolish the structures.
There are about 276 flats in the estate and it could not be ascertained as at Wednesday, the number of houses marked for demolition.
A copy of the contravention letter dated August 9, 2011 and titled “Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning Law No. 20 of 2005 Contravention Notice” reads in part, “Your contravention consists of Construction of this building suspected to be without approval from this office.
“If you dispute the above contravention, you are requested to bring all documents in support of your case including your development permit to the undersigned within 24 hours of the service of this notice on you.
“If you do not dispute the contravention, you are ordered to restore the land to its original state by removing the said contravention.
“If you fail to remove the said contravention within seven days from the date of service of this notice, the said contravention shall be demolished after service of demolition notice on you.
But the residents of the estate maintained that they purchased the buildings from the state Ministry of Housing, which constructed them.
They demanded to know the rationale behind the contravention notice, arguing that the various extensions done at the estate were even approved by the Ministry of Housing.
Some of the workers told NAN that they had invested huge sums of money in making their respective buildings habitable and expressed their determination to resist what they described as “unjust government decision.”
An aggrieved worker, who preferred anonymity, said each house owner had signed an agreement with the state government.
He said, “By privilege of being state workers and in tandem with the policy of state government to ensure provision of affordable housing scheme, we workers were able to get the houses.
“We made 10 per cent down payment of the total cost. An average cost of each house then was N975,000.
“We signed agreement with the state government on how many years we want to complete payment.”
By Agency Reporter Courtesy Of: Punch
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