Ogun State Housing Corporation has issued a seven-day quit notice to illegal occupants of its housing estates across the state urging them to vacate and remove structures and buildings.
The General Manager of the Corporation, Wale Ojo, disclosed this on Friday during a development control and enforcement exercise at Idiroko Housing Estate in Ipokia Local Government.
Ojo said the notice was in line with section 7 (1) of the Ogun State Housing Corporation Law 2006.
He explained that “the exercise is to identify developments without approval, fish out those that are not in compliance with the approved plan, inappropriate use of purpose, as well as to ensure that developments are well positioned as designed on the layout among others.”
Ojo warned that “failure to comply with the directive of the Corporation will lead to the demolition of the structures, while the occupants would be prosecuted and made to pay for the cost of removing their illegal structures.”
The Corporation’s Director of Survey, Bunmi Oladeinde-Oluwakemi, said that part of the agency’s core mandate was to identify illegal houses and structures that were not up to the Corporation’s standard, noting that documents or complaints from occupants would be entertained before the commencement of demolition.
Oladeinde-Oluwakemi appealed to residents to always consult the appropriate government authorities before buying landed property in the state.
Speaking on behalf of the residents in the estates, the Chairman of Ifeloju Community Development Association, Idiroko Ikolaje, Chief Babatunde Taiwo promised to abide by the directive of the corporation, pleading for an extension of notice.
