Plateau Govt Flags off Land Sale in New Layouts

By Golok Nanmwa,Jos

Plateau State government today flagged off land sale in new layouts in some parts of Jos, the state capital.

Speaking at the site of some of the layout toured Commissioner of Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Hon Yakubu Dati, said Governor Simon Lalong has approved seven new layouts in the city, and that five of those layouts are for residential purposes while two are for industrial purposes.

He said “The intension of government is to create modern/smart cities and this comes with planning. That is why we started the new layouts, and His Excellency, Governor Simon Lalong, has approved seven new layouts. Five of those layouts are for residential while two are for industrial. The whole idea is to have a planned city such that as the city grows it doesn’t become an urban slum. That is why the planning is necessary.

“We intended to initially fund the layouts, but due to cash constraints and also due to the fact that we need to raise our funding we went into partnership with some serious investors. The whole idea is to make land available to the people with certificate of occupancy. If anyone buys a land, that person is assured of certificate of occupancy.

The Commissioner who also warned against land encroachment, said perpetrators will be dealt with and that government will not fold its hands to let that happen.

Dati also said “Besides, the layouts are areas with assess roads, water, electricity, essential services, recreation places and other needs of modern estates. We are ensuring all that and we are happy that following the work of the committee, we are happy to flag off sales of lands in the layouts. We have some layouts in Rayfield, Miango Road, Zaria Road, among other places. We are also calling on investors to key into this new layout project which is meant to change the face of our city and our children will inherit a standard city,” he said.

He said the land ranges in prizes depending on the locations, and that there is also the possibility of staggering the payment for those meaning to pay in installment.

We are warning people against encroaching on lands, and we are happy that anti land grabbing bill has been introduced in the state house of assembly. When the bill is passed it will become criminal for people to encroach into lands that is not theirs, and we will have the enabling law to prosecute defaulters. In fact the game is up for land encroaches, because we are making things easy for people to own lands, and so there is no need for anyone to encroach into others lands any longer,” he stressed .

The Commissioner also said the will ensure that the sale is transparent and will ensure that all those interested get equal treatment, rather than a situation where the rich people will acquire the lands and the less privilege who are also interested will not get it.

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Plateau Govt Flags off Land Sale in New Layouts