THE NEED TO CALL BENUE LAND COMMISSIONER TO ORDER

 THE NEED TO CALL BENUE LAND COMMISSIONER TO ORDER

A press statement by Benue League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on the need to Caution Hon. John Tondo over his land grabbing and mismanagement of the Land Ministry

PREAMBLE

1.                 Ladies and gentlemen of the press, it is with great joy, I receive you to this interface this day due to our respect of your partnership and devotion to the betterment of our dear Benue State.

2.       This statement has become quite expedient owing to the recent turn of events at the Benue State Ministry or Lands and Survey, where every land affair has taken a tupsy turvy trend aimed for a total collapse of our land administration system.

3.              Since the unfortunate resumption of duties at the ministry by Hon. John Tondo as commissioner it is knowledge in the public sphere that the disputes pertaining land acquisition have increased tremendously just as land pertaining communal issues.

4.              Most recently we are aware of the commissioner’s new gift package of juicy plots of land which have been seized or commandeered by his ministry and doled out to young girls and politicians as gifts.

5.              Also much to our disdain is the young commissioner’s insatiable quest to court trouble at all cost. It is no longer news that the proposed site for the construction of a shopping mall (SHOPRITE) has become an issue of controversy as the said commissioner had allocated land belonging to a prominent family in Benue after he had actually clandestinely acquired a piece of that for himself. This matter has already become an issue of meetings and settlements.

6.              He as constantly under the guise of town planning decided to confiscate lands belonging to well meaning Benue sons and daughters, including political threats , business men and even the religious converting them to his gift packages not minding the outcome such acts.

7.              We also are surprised as to the commissioner’s decision to jettison the Benue Geographical Information System project initiated by the former commissioner. This act we view as mischievous attempt to acquire land and not account for such as with this module as seen in order place where it has been put in place, can give land owners access to the status of their property.

8.       As youth concerned about our tomorrow, about a better Benue state we have been irked by this impending crash of administration in the ministry and have decided to state as follows:

a.     John Tondo desists from his popular land grabbing attitude and returns all lands to their original owners.

b.    That all who have paid his exorbitant C of O fees be given their certificates and taken to the said layout for acquisition of such lands.

c.      That the abandoned Benue Geographical Information System be relooked into with the aim of actualising this great developmental initiative.

d.    That the price per square meter as hiked by John Tondo for the payment of C of O be reviewed with immediate effect.

Long Live Benue League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Long Live Benue State

Long Live Federal Republic of Nigeria

Signed:

Agba Melvin

Coordinator

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen