Ebonyi govt lists designated urban areas, warns land grabbers

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Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi
By Isa Isawade

The Ebonyi Government has designated some Local Government Areas as Urban in the state and, therefore, warned land grabbers or encroachers to stay off all lands in the areas.

In a release tagged, “PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT”, signed and released to the public on February 2 by the Commissioner  for Information and State Orientation and Acting Commissioner for Human Capital Development and Monitoring, Barr. Orji Uchenna Orji, the Ebonyi State Executive Council directed as follows:

* That all lands within the urban territories in all the local government Areas designated as urban, are under the administration, control and management of the state government land use and allocation committee.

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*That no person or group of persons, be it town union or Development Centre, or Local Government authority is allowed to alienate or allocate or howsoever meddle with the title of the land within the areas designated as urban, without the express permission or approval by the state government.

*It is to be noted that henceforth, legal title to the land in respect of the areas designated as urban, shall be availed only to an occupant who has acquired statutory right of occupancy from the state government.”

The Local Government Areas newly designated as urban, according to the release, are Afikpo North, Ivo and Ohaozara Local Government Areas.

“All local government authorities and Community Development Unions are to please note and comply accordingly”, the release warned.

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