A few buildings in the Omololu Olunloyo Government Reservation Area, Ring Road, Adeoyo, Ibadan, have been demolished by the Oyo State Government due to illegal land acquisition, unauthorized access, and disregard for physical planning guidelines.
The exercise was intended to bring some rationality back to the state’s land use management, urban and physical planning, and development, according to Mofoluke Adebiyi, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Land, Housing, and Urban Development, who led the state team to the area.
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A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, Rotimi Babalola, on Friday, said the demolition was extended to Aquatech College of Agriculture and Technology, Ibadan, as the owner engaged in leasing of government land without approval.
Adebiyi revealed that the land in question was acquired by the government of the old Western Region for the construction of the Adeoyo Hospital Ring Road, adding that the traditional owners were duly compensated during the period.
She explained that several notices were served by the Bureau of Physical Planning over the years, but the affected occupants failed to do the needful.
He said, “Historically, this place was acquired by the government of Western Region for Adeoyo State Hospital; part of it is for GRA, and the traditional owners were duly compensated. Successive administrations have sounded notes of warning, but people thought the government was joking, so we decided to move around today and act accordingly.
“We realised that some are practising agriculture, which is very wrong in a GRA. They have birds and some animals in temporary structures, but we gave them 24 hours to vacate the birds and animals because they are living things.”
She advised those seeking to purchase land in GRAs not to deal with individuals but to approach the government to avert false transactions.
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