Anambra State Executive Council, ANSEC, has directed the Commissioner for Housing to immediately commence erection of a perimeter fence around the government land, designated for Judges’ Quarters in Onitsha.
The Commissioner for Information, Sir Paul Nwosu stated this during post ANSEC briefing at the Government House, Awka.
The Commissioner disclosed that since illegal property developers are being penalized by removal of their illegal structures, those, who fraudulently cooked the papers that gave them access to those pieces of land should equally be sanctioned accordingly.
He also announced that ANSEC directed the Attorney General to quickly initiate the process of amending aspects of Anambra State Land Laws to enable the prosecution of both retired and serving civil servants, as well as past commissioners, who are culpable in shady land transactions in the state.
According to Sir Paul, in order to actualize the administration’s policy to improve greenery in Anambra State, henceforth, building approvals for low density areas must ensure that the major building does not exceed twenty-five percent of the land while twenty-five percent of the unbuilt area must be allocated for greenery.
The Information Commissioner added that the essence of these measures is to ensure that in years ahead, buildings, compounds and neighbourhoods will wear a uniform greenish look that will not only beautify the Anambra Environment, but will equally improve the quality of air.
Commissioner Nwosu also noted that the ministry of Justice has been mandated to work out legal framework for policy that will ensure that all run-off water in every compound is contained within same compound and not left to spill into the streets and roads where they erode the soil and eventually culminate in erosions.
Sir Paul also unveiled that during the ANSEC meeting, the Commissioner for Women and Children Affairs was directed to step up campaign against child exploitation, street begging and trafficking as well as ensure that those, who run foul of the extant laws on these manner of child abuses are promptly arrested and prosecuted.
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