Illegal developers in Anambra State and impersonators of the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority have been warned to desist from their action forthwith or face the full wrath of the law.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Venerable Amaechi Okwuosa gave the warning in Awka.
Venerable Okwuosa while regretting that a lot of developers in Anambra do not follow proper building processes, said that if people will learn to follow due process in building structures, there will be less incidence of building collapse in the State, pointing out that the agency had zero tolerance for people building on waterways, under high tension cables, and other illegal locations which can endanger lives or property.
He warned that there is no cutting corners in obtaining building plan in the state as the agency is properly documenting every approval granted since inception in 2014, noting that every approval in disposal of any developer must meet Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, basic requirements, and any presentation of fake document to the agency by the developer renders the approval void even when it has already been granted.
Venerable Okwuosa revealed that according to section twenty of the Local Authority Building Regulation Law 2014, every approval granted by Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, has a life expectancy of two years, which implies that after two years if the approval is not put into use it becomes invalid, and called on developers that their approvals have not been used after two years to revisit Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, for a new approval.
He said that the agency has commenced the review of building plan approvals parading by some individuals in the state as authentic, disclosing that six plan approvals have already been revoked under the process.
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