Law to Protect Landed Property Owners Soon in Delta
In line with measures by the Delta State Government to encourage investors and developers in communities across the state, the State Executive Council has given the nod for a law to prohibit the forceful entry and illegal occupation of public and private landed property to be sent to the state legislature for due consideration and passage.
The state Commissioner for Information, Mr. Patrick Ukah, disclosed this after the state executive council meeting in Asaba on Tuesday.
Ukah noted that the bill would, on passage, also prohibit violent and fraudulent conducts in relation to public and private landed property in Delta State and “for purposes connected therewith to ensure sanity and encourage investors and developers in the state.”
Moreover, the commissioner disclosed that the council approved the reconstruction of Bonsaac Road and the construction of Pat Kanayo Okonta/Amaechi Uzuegbu/ part of Nze Francis/Onwa Nwachinemelu Streets in Asaba, the state capital.
He further said that relief was in sight particularly for residents living on and along the badly rundown Direct Labour Agency (DLA)/Jesus Saves road as the body approved “the continuation and completion of the construction of the storm-water control measures in Direct Labour Agency (DLA)/Jesus Saves corridor in Asaba.”
He said that other road projects approved by the council include the reconstruction of Ovwian Main Road, Ovwian in Udu Local Government Area; the construction of Oporoza Palace Road in Oporoza Warri South-West Local Government Area; and, the rehabilitation of NPA By-Pass Road from the New Port to the old port gates in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area.
The continuation of the reconstruction of Amai/Ezionum/Abbi Road which is the completion of Phase 111 of the project covering a distance of 3.75 km between Ezionum and Abbi in Ukwuani and Ndokwa West Local Government Areas, the rehabilitation and asphalt overlay of Nsukwa/EjemeAniogor/Agbor-Alidinma/ Owa-Alidinma/Ndemili Road in Aniocha South, Ndokwa West, Ika South and Ika North East Local Government Areas and the construction of Okurekpo/Okunoh-Okpara/ Okoruah/Onumane/Samagidi Road in Ethiope East Local Government Area were also approved.