Governor Makinde and the biggest business district in the world
Top Stories Tamfitronics On Friday the 1st day of March 2024, purporting to act pursuant to the Land Use Act, Governor Makinde of Oyo State, the Omi Tuntun exponent, put a notice in the public domain that he was acquiring approximately 3,149 hectares along the Moniya-Ijaiye Road in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State for ‘overriding public interest’. The public notice then went on to spell out what the Governor considers as overriding public interest, to wit, the establishment of the Ilu Tuntun Business District.Now, on the face of it, a governor in Nigeria has the power to acquire land for overriding public interest and to revoke whatever prior certificates of occupancy or titles there may be. This is a vestige from the dark days of military rule in Nigeria. The Land Use...