Anambra State government has warned its officials against engaging in fake land and building approvals.
A release signed by the Commissioner for Information Mr Paul Nwosu said this has become necessary in view of illegal encroachments on lands including government-owned ones and other land transactions that have been facilitated with papers featured by government officials.
The release said to demonstrate its determination to sanitize the system, the government is ready to bring to book retired civil servants and political appointees implicated in some of these unwholesome transactions.
It disclosed that it has been discovered that most of these cash-and-carry approvals given by unscrupulous officials in the past are responsible for the proliferation of the illegal structures including areas that originally had master-plans.
The release pointed out that these illegal structures deface the landscapes which were originally designed to be serene, green and livable and made clear that Government has therefore directed the Anambra State Physical Planning Board to begin to identify illegal buildings and structures without the requisite approvals for immediate removal.
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