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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Land scam: Lawmakers shun govt's directive By Austin Ogwuda Wednesday, August 25, 2004 ASABA — A NEW twist has been introduced into the raging controversy over the reported land scam in Delta State as the  state legislators accused of being involved in hijacking portions of the land which was acquired by the state government for the  purpose of building housing estates for sale to low income earners, have vowed not to hands off the land, claiming that they  legitimately bought the portions. State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Love Ojakovo while briefing newsmen in Asaba on Monday had blamed one of its  parastatals  — Delta Development and Property Authority (DDPA) for unilaterally selling out the land without seeking the  ministry’s approval, describing the action which resulted in the sharing of the land between some commissioners and lawmakers  in the state as illegal. But reacting to the commissioner’s order calling on all the commissioners and lawmakers who had bought land from the estate to  hands off with immediate effect, Chairman of the House Committee on Housing, Lands, Survey and Urban Development in the  state House of Assembly, Mr. Silas Buowe said “the Commissioner is not in a position to say so (hands off). If the lands are  given after the due process of allocation, it will then be illegal and uncalled for, for anybody to come up and say that the land  should be handed over.” Buowe, who is also representing Isoko South II constituency further stated that “it is really unfortunate that he (Commissioner)  does not even have the enabling law that established the DDPA. “DDPA”, he went on, "is a parastatal with a chairman and the chairman of DDPA got the responsibility of allocating the lands  after the due process and it (process) was observed in allocating lands to members of the House of Assembly and to other  persons in this state. So, there was no hijacking process, in fact, the word hijacking has no place in this whole story. "In fact, I want to use this opportunity to call on the Governor of Delta State to set up a commission to investigate all lands  allocated in the last one year."   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates © 1998- 2004. Vanguard Media Ltd.

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