Ovedhe Hezekiah – Warri
The Delta State government has commenced a state-wide demolition of illegal structures. Government has advised defaulters of building codes and those who have encroached on government property to remove their structures or face dire consequences.
Illegal structures erected at Sapele Central hospital as well as those on walkways and drainages at Sapele market road were also demolished.
Speaking at the demolition exercise, which was carried out by the State Task Force Chairman on Environment Mr Sylvester Oromoni, said, demolition of the illegal structures became imperative because defaulters and violators had failed to heed several notices served on them.
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In his words; “to some persons, it’s an act of wickedness but what the government actually stands to achieve is to bring sanity to urban areas and restore already defaced aesthetics.”
“The demolition of buildings and structures that do not conform to the existing urban rules and regulations here in Delta will not be overlooked any longer. The flagrant disregards of building codes and respect for extant laws guarding property development needed to be checked, hence the exercise.”
“The process has commenced in earnest in different parts of the state and those with structures on unapproved sites or without necessary building plans are hereby put on notice.”
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“We warn all those who have built on roads, Right of Way, school property and on Federal and State governments’ land to remove their properties immediately as demolition of such buildings statewide has commenced.”
Oromoni also called on local government council chairmen to collaborate with the task force on environment to ensure that the exercise was without hitches.
He added that the state notices served on the defaulters still subsists, noting that whoever is caught violating the law will face the dire consequences.
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A resident of Sapele, Sylvanus Aguguo, an Imo state indigene from Isu local Government said that in his 39 years in Sapele local Government, he has never seen a clinical demonstration such as this.
“The illegal attachments has defaced the true face of the ancient city of Sapele.”
He commended the Governor His Excellency Dr Arthur Okowa for this timely intervention.
“Though it’s painful but it’s for the good of everyone of us”, he said.
