The Ekiti Government says it has
paid N400 million as compensation to those affected by the ongoing demolition
exercise in the state.
The State Commissioner for Lands,
Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Tayelolu Otitoju disclosed this during a
press conference in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Otitoju explained that government’s
action on the demolition was not to deliberately render residents homeless, and
thereby make life difficult for them, as being insinuated.
He said that the exercise was part
of the Urban Renewal programme of the present administration, aimed at giving
Ado Ekiti, the state capital and other major towns a facelift that would make
it wear the toga of a real state capital.
The beneficiaries received between
N100,000 to N2 million as compensation, depending on the nature and size of the
structure because, some of them were either built with mud while others were
modern houses.
The Commissioner disclosed that more than 300
houses had so far been demolished under the exercise in Ado Ekiti, Ikere Ekiti,
Efon Alaaye, Omuo Ekiti, Ise Ekiti, Emure Ekiti and Ijero Ekiti, among others.
He said the relatively high number of houses demolished by the present
administration was as a result of the rapid development going on in the state.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/03/ekiti-govt-disburses-n400m-owners-demolished-houses/
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