23 Communities Protest Government's Land Acquisition for Smart City Project

Date: 2024-05-28

According to a news report from The Nation, 23 communities in Akanbi Wards 1 and 2 in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State have protested against the planned revocation and acquisition of their ancestral lands by the government for its proposed Smart City project.

The communities claim that the government has not yet met with them to discuss and consider their recommendations. They have urged Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to halt the project until their demands and suggestions are heard.

In response to reports by the state Geographic Information Service (GIS) titled "Ilorin Smart City: Kwara engages communities ahead of ground breaking," the Chairman and Secretary of the communities, Azeez Omoloa and Wasiu Saka, stated that "the report is a clear attempt to conceal the truth and permanently silence us."

“The villages are worried and dissatisfied with how the government is handling the planned revocation/acquisition of our central lands for the smart city project without considering our rights as indigenes of the areas.

“It is an established fact that we have rejected the government's plan to forcefully take over the only available lands that we use for agriculture and food processing to earn a living.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lai Gobir     LAK Jimoh     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Read With Me     Labaeka     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Aliyu Salihu     Ogidi-Oloje     Vasolar Consortium     Hajj     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Playing Host     Kola Ologbondiyan     Abioye Bello     Yetunde Balogun     Www.Kwarareports.com     Kwara Liberation Group     Ijagbo     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Frootify     Abdulraheem Olesin     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Adaramaja     Arca Santa     Adijat Adebiyi     AGM Professional Services     Lai Mohammed     Coronavirus     Gbemisola Saraki     IPSAS     Igbaja     Pacify Labs     Sardauna     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Elections     Anilelerin     Unilorin FM     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Kale Ayo     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Ganiyu Taofiq     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Shero     Oja-Oba     Chief Of Staff     Musibau Akanji     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Undergraduate Bursary     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Olateju Lukman     Dan Iya     Laolu Saraki     Oluwole Dupe     Offa     Firdaos Amasa     Harmony Holdings     Bamidele Aluko     Olaosebikan     Lanre Issa Onilu     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Salihu Yahaya     Oniye     Barakat Community Secondary School     Shehu Salau     Rafiu Ajakaye     Ariyo     Bello Oyedepo     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Baboko     Salary     Arandun     2023 Elections     Local Government     Aliyu Alhassan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwabes     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Ajikobi     Umar Saro     Lanre Jimoh     John Kehinde Salako     Abdulazeez Arowona     Gbajabiamila     Idris Garuba     Gaa Olobi     Simeon Ajibola     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Kaiama     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Kayode Yusuf     AGM Professional Services     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Balogun Ajikobi     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Aminu Ado Bayero     Nurudeen Mohammed     Babata     Olawuyi     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Basit Olatunji     Kwara Polytechnic     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     JUSUN     Orire     Baaziki Sulaiman     Lucky Omoluwa     Folashade Omoniyi     PAACO-PCL Consortium     NULGE     Kola Adesina     Pius Abioje     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     CBT     Ojo Fadumila     Simon Sayomi     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ilorin Emirate     Matthew Okedare     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Read With Me     Bello Abubakar     KWSUED     Busari Alabi Alausa     IESA     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Chief Imam Of Offa     Rotimi Atere     AIT Ilorin     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Emir Of Lafiagi     ASUU     Olaoye B. Felix     Ahmed Bayero     Muslim Cementary     Seed Technologies     Mashood Dauda     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Ibrahim Labaika     Harrison Osauwagboe     Valsolar Consortium     Afolayan     Gbugbu     Oluranti Idowu     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi