A delegation from Anambra State Government on Tuesday, this week, visited some properties belonging to the State located at Plot 650 (M23) and No. 3 Upper Presidential Road, Independence Layout, Enugu State.
The delegation led by the Secretary to State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, had the Executive Chairman, Anambra State Physical Planning Board, and SPAD on Digital Economy to Governor Obiano, Barrister Chike Maduekwe, as well as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, as members.
Speaking after the inspection, the SSG, Professor Chukwulobelu, informed that the state government got reports that some people are encroaching into some properties inherited by the State Government when it was created in 1991.
He said said that they have taken steps to mark the properties, and warned developers to steer clear of properties belonging to the state.
According to him, Anambra State has five properties in Enugu, two in Lagos and two in Abuja.
Moveover, Professor Chukwulobelu declared that the Anambra state government, under the able leadership of Governor Willie Obiano, has not sold any property the state inherited during asset sharing when new Anambra State was created from the old Anambra in 1991.
He disclosed that Governor Obiano charged the team to recover all the properties and properly document them for subsequent governments.
The Executive Chairman of Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Barrister Chike Maduekwe, said Anambra State government acted timeously on the reports it received that some of its properties have been encroached upon by visiting the locations, stopping further development and marking the buildings.
Barrister Maduekwe said that government does not know who is renovating the properties, but expressed optimism that they will contact the state government.
He opined that the developers may have mistaken grounds and advised them to contact Anambra state government through the numbers boldly written on the walls of the properties.
On his part, the Managing Director/CEO of Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, Venerable Barrister Amaechi Okwuosa, revealed that government took proper steps to write the illegal occupants of the properties.
He said notices required of the government were duly served on the occupants like Appeals Court, PRODA and other individuals.
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