Obaseki allocates 35,000 hectares for housing, industrial projects

The governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has claimed that his administration has made 35,000 hectares of land available for housing and industrial development projects in different towns and cities throughout the State.

During a courtesy visit to the Government House in Benin City, Obaseki made this statement as he welcomed executive members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers, led by its president, Johnbull Amayaevbo.Information Guide Nigeria

The governor praised the organization for following the profession’s ethical standards and promised that his administration will keep working with the NIESV to sanitize the built environment.JAMB Result

He said, “We are making available about 35,000 hectares of land for housing and industrial development in several cities in the state. It will be done in partnership with communities, as we are not dispossessing anyone of their land. The Land Use Act is clear. All the communities will be carried along and made to understand what we are doing.

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“We are planning new towns and developing and opening up industrial estates for production. We need professional support to help us obtain the manpower we need to do these things properly. We will need a lot of support from the institution and its professional members. We will collaborate to run training to build human capacity that will contribute effectively to this vision.”

Hailing the elevation of Amayaevbo as the president of NIESV, the governor said his emergence as the first Benin man to occupy the seat was apt and timely, adding, “You came at a very critical time as we face challenges amid the reforms we are undertaking to reposition and change the narrative in the building space. We are not afraid of challenges, especially embracing our reforms that will benefit Edo people.”

The governor was praised for his ambitious and practical measures intended to make the state an investment destination by the NIESV president, Amayaevbo.

He said, “The various policies of your administration are already yielding positive outcomes with an attendant boost in the quality of life of average citizens of Edo State. There are proofs indicating to that effect; facts don’t lie.”

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