Housing

All Landowners to Get Digitised Title Documents by End of 2022 – Oyo Govt.

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Oyo state government has expressed its readiness to ensure that all land owners in the state have digitised title documents by December 2022.

A statement by the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr Abiodun Abdu-Raheem says the step is part of its efforts aimed at shoring up the state’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP.

The statement notes that the processing and collection of Certificate of Occupancy, CofO, has now become faster, easier and affordable.

Mr Abdu-Raheem explained that government has commenced the accelerated provision of digitised title documents, urging all eligible property owners without title or approved documents to take advantage of the window of opportunity for the processing and collection of Certificate of Occupancy within sixty (60) days.

According to the statement, the initiative under the Oyo State Home Owners Charter (OYHOC) scheme will bear the cost of survey and planning permission for all applicants who do not have them.

Mr Abdu-Raheem added that application forms could be obtained at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development at the State secretariat, all Local Government Authority Offices as well as Local Council Development Authority offices (LGA &LCDA’s) for only N6,000.00 (Six thousand Naira) payable using customised OYHOC recharge cards.

Iyabo Adebisi

Housing

Oyo Govt. Moves to Fulfill Pledge of Affordable Housing

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Oyo State Government has announced its plan to sell about 38 semi-detached units of bungalow situated at Carlton Gate Estate, Akobo, Ibadan to members of the public at affordable rates. 

The State commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Abiodun Abdu-Raheem stated this while on inspection tour to various housing estates in Ibadan.

Mr. Abdu-Raheem said the step was taken to fulfill part of the present administration electoral promises towards provision of affordable housing for the citizenry.

He noted that a lot of people in the state were in need of affordable houses which he said was handy in Carlton Gate Estate, if they apply at the appropriate time.

The commissioner expressed displeasure over many undeveloped plots of land in the areas visited as he observed that many choice lands were only fenced round without the owners developing them.

He pledged on behalf of the state government that all illegal structures on the lands will be removed, adding that it was noticed that around March, this year a lot of allocations were carried out.  

The commissioner stated further that all allocations are sub-listed for revocation and withdrawal.

He however assured the public that the government would withdraw allocation from those who have not paid, stressing that the issue will be handled with fairness, transparency and accountability.

Mr. Abdu-Raheem called on people whose building plans have not been approved, those that have letters of land allocated to them but do not have Certificate of Occupancy (CofO), and those that have obtained building plans but their applications were not completed to visit the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development to complete their application within a period of seven days from Monday, or have their lands revoked. 

Places visited within Ibadan and its environs include Kolapo Ishola Estate; Carlton Gate Estate, Akobo; Quarter 105 Onikoko Avenue Agodi GRA; Ajumose Housing Estate NIHORT Jericho; Elenushonsho Estate Jericho; Queen’s School Ibadan Apata and Adeoyo GRA, Ring-road.

Iyabo Adebisi