Osun
State Government has paid N51m compensation to farmers on a large
expanse of land where the state is building an interdenominational
worship centre known as “Open Heaven Worship Centre”.
Commissioner for Lands, Physical
Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Muyiwa Ige, presented the cheques to
the owners of the land in Osogbo on Tuesday.
Ige also said the state government had
paid a total of N11m as compensation to 243 farmers who had their farms
destroyed due to the ongoing construction of the MKO Abiola
International Airport in Ido Osun in Egbedore Local Government Area of
the state.
He said the administration took the decision to compensate the farmers on humanitarian grounds.
The commissioner, who expressed
gratitude to those whose property was used for the projects, said the
government’s decision to develop the state was in fulfilment of his
electioneering promises and the governor’s desire to develop the economy
of the state.
Ige assured that the state government
would not hesitate to compensate those with genuine documents on any
property taken over in the course of developing the state.
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