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Chairman of the committee who is also the Special Adviser on Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Professor Namala A. Keftin, second left, briefs journalists
By Akanji Alowolodu, Gombe
The committee saddled with the mandate to verify and recertify land titles within some designated government Development areas in Gombe state said that it has provisionally verified 741 beneficiaries of the GDP 16.
The Chairman of the committee who is also the Special Adviser on Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, Professor Namala A. Keftin who disclosed this while briefing Journalists on the committee’s activities said that 8GDPs with 3,711 projected allocations have been successfully audited and expected for verification and recertification.
He explained that the exercise was informed by the Inuwa Yahaya led desire to transform the state to enviable heights in terms of infrastructural Development.
It is for this reason that Professor Amuga explained that the Gombe Special Capital Zone Development Project was created to provide legacy Projects for people of the State.
The Chairman noted that violation and abuse of land policies predates the present administration as previous governments lacked the political will to implement recommendations of various committees set up to address the perennial problems.
Professor Namala Amuga said that the failure of past administration to squarely address these issues has led to degeneration of land matters such as blockage of access roads,violation of building rules,distortions in the approved layouts among other negative activities that became impediment to a planned, well developed functional Capital city.
While commending the doggedness of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya for taking up to correct the wrongs of the Professor Keptin also appealed to those affected to cooperate with the committee whose objective is to protect the peoples interest for better and efficient land management.
The Chairman however used the opportunity to inform the public that they only entertains state allocated titles and not customary or titles issued by Local Governments, as well as land in legal disputes.
