Osun acquires farmland to build church

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.