The Ogun State Bureau Of Land and Survey has called for proper documentation and official gazzette of lands acquired for construction of public schools, to prevent them from being encroached by land grabbers
Special Adviser/Director General, Bureau of Lands and Survey, Mr. Aina Salami who made the call in Abeokuta at a recent meeting with the officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, urged the Ministry and school authorities to have survey plans , register their land titles and gazette them statutorily for proper recording.
Salami in a statement by his Press Officer, Ms. Morolayo Fadairo, cautioned people against buying any land around any school location, while urging school authorities to establish boundaries in such schools with the assistance of the Bureau of lands and Survey
He enjoined them to put-up notifications of encroachment to further dissuade buyers from falling into the hands of land grabbers.
Speaking at the meeting, representative of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mrs. Omolara Okusanya said the purpose of the meeting was to put a lasting solution to the issue of land encroachment on school land, saying that it was a serious issue that needed to be sorted out at once.
Mrs. Okusanya, who appreciated the DG and his team for the advice, observed that encroachment was a general problem in some of the government owned schools in different zones across the State.
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