Lagos State House of Assembly has agreed to organise a public hearing as part of urgent solutions to tackle the menace of land grabbing in the State.
The planned stakeholders' meeting will be all-encompassing involving the state government, the police, the judiciary, traditional rulers and others.
Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, at plenary said land grabbing has become "a serious issue that is beyond disturbing but rather chaotic with many people killed, maimed or locked up without trial.
Obasa frowned at cases where land speculators write petitions, conniving with security officials to arrest real owners of the properties who are then taken to Abuja and forced to sign undertakings that would bar them from the same land they bought from their toiling.
He also raised concerns over delays and multiple judgements from courts while urging the state government to consider commensurate compensations for land owners whose properties are taken over in overriding public interest.
The Lagos State House of Assembly also commiserate with the Olubadan-in-council over the demise of Oba Lekan Balogun, the 42nd Olubadan and condoled the Nigerian Army over the killing of its personnel in Delta state.
The lawmakers held a minute's silence in honour of the departed while the Speaker directed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, to send a condolence letter each to the Olubadan-in-council and the Nigerian Army.
The planned stakeholders' meeting will be all-encompassing involving the state government, the police, the judiciary, traditional rulers and others.
Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, at plenary said land grabbing has become "a serious issue that is beyond disturbing but rather chaotic with many people killed, maimed or locked up without trial.
Obasa frowned at cases where land speculators write petitions, conniving with security officials to arrest real owners of the properties who are then taken to Abuja and forced to sign undertakings that would bar them from the same land they bought from their toiling.
He also raised concerns over delays and multiple judgements from courts while urging the state government to consider commensurate compensations for land owners whose properties are taken over in overriding public interest.
The Lagos State House of Assembly also commiserate with the Olubadan-in-council over the demise of Oba Lekan Balogun, the 42nd Olubadan and condoled the Nigerian Army over the killing of its personnel in Delta state.
The lawmakers held a minute's silence in honour of the departed while the Speaker directed the Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, to send a condolence letter each to the Olubadan-in-council and the Nigerian Army.
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