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Enugu Inaugurates Land Reconciliation, Compensation Committee

Peter Mbah

Enugu State Government has inaugurated an Inter-ministerial Committee for property/land reconciliation and compensation.

Members of the committee include the SSG, as the chairman, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Kingsley Udeh, and Mr. Gerald Otiji, the commissioner for Works and Infrastructure.

Others are Mr. Uchenna Nwatu, Mr. Justus Chime (the Acting Surveyor-General of the state) and Mr. Juliet Okonkwo, who will serve as the secretary of the committee.

Onyia said the committee was expected to verify documents related to land and properties in any designated area assigned for construction and asked them to verify the constitutionally approved documents.

The SSG urged the committee to reconcile issues of double allocation and do a thorough verification of all allocations and payments.

According to him, they are to resolve all issues of land acquisition, recommend the amount of compensation to be paid and ensure that the compensation is paid to the right owners.

Responding on behalf of members, the commissioner for Justice thanked the state government for setting up the committee to deal with land and property matters.

“This government has a human face in whatever it does. We know, we are about to embark on massive infrastructural development from the city to the nooks and crannies of the state.