Ibadan Circular Road: Oyo Govt Issues Stop Order on Building Demolition
The Oyo State Government has instructed the officials of the Ministry of Lands and Urban Development to stop the marking and demolition of houses beyond the 150 metres mark along the Senator Rashidi Ladoja Circular Road.
This is just as the government has also begun enumeration of affected houses in the corridor with a view to paying adequate compensation to those affected.
The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Williams Akin-Funmilayo, stated this on Friday, during a press briefing jointly addressed with Professor Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin, Commissioner for Public Works and Transport, at the Conference Room of the Ministry, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan.
Mr Akin-Funmilayo maintained that the administration of Governor ‘Seyi Makinde will continue to prioritise the welfare of its citizens and residents for more growth and development.
He explained that contrary to claims that Governor Makinde extended the setback on the road from 150metres to 500 metres, the governor has not acquired any square meter of land within the corridor of the Circular Road since 2019 when he got into office.
According to him, 150 metres to the left and 150 metres to the right of the Circular Road were acquired in August 2006 during the administration of Senator Rashidi Ladoja as the governor of the state, while the 350metres to the left and right of the road was also acquired and gazetted by the late Governor Abiola Ajimobi in 2018.
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Akin-Funmilayo, however, assured the affected residents of the area of adequate compensation after due enumeration of their lands and properties have been concluded, adding that the marking of buildings along the corridor are for enumeration to know the number of affected properties captured and to stop those that are erecting new structures on the acquired lands and not necessarily for demolitions.
He also assured the affected property owners that the government, in the main time, would stop the marking and demolition of affected buildings.
