Written by Adelowo Oladipo, Minna Sunday, 20 November 2011
Residents of Minna, Niger State, whose houses have been acquired by the state government for the construction of a new city centre on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the underpricing of their respective houses.
The landlords, whose houses have been marked for demolition in Abdul street, were compensated amidst protests that they had been short-changed.
Sunday Tribune gathered that the government had paid 47 landlords affected the sum of N233m, apart from the allocation of land in other parts of the city.
Some of the landlords described the entire process as “unfair and insensitive”.
They also complained that the three months quit notice served them was too short.
Mohammedu Umaru Bida informed ST that his family was allegedly paid the sum of N6.4million for a property valued at N18 m.
“This is cheating because we know how much we bought and renovated the properties before government took it over,” he said.
The Consultant Surveyor that handled the valuation of the houses, Jide Babatunde, insisted that international standards were used in the process as provided by the authority.
He also said that his company was fair and just in the evaluation of the properties contrary to claims of the owners/protesters.
“The evaluation of properties acquired by government is not always based on prevailing market value”, he asserted.
The permanent secretary of the Niger State ministry of land and housing, Aliyu Madugu, however, informed that payment of compensation was the final stage of the process when relocating people in an area to allow for the commencement of the Minna city centre project.
He said that government has also provided alternative land to those affected in addition to the monitory compensation, adding that they will be given the certificate of occupancy of the new lands free of charge.
via Tribune
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