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Residents have hailed the Ogun State Homeowners’ Charter, an initiative that allows landlords to obtain property documents at discounted rates.

They said homeowners can now regularise their documents with ease.

Applicants in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government have been trooping en masse to obtain forms at the designated centres.

During a tour of the centres by the Director of Urban and Physical Planning, Mr. Gbolade Badejo, an applicant in Ifo, Mr. Moses Famuyiwa, said: “At the initial stage of the programme, we did not have confidence in its workability because of the ridiculous amount of N95,000 charged for obtaining both Building Plan Approval and Certificate of Occupancy (C of O). But the government has proved that it means well for us. Allowing home owners to pay N95,000 instead of N430,000 to obtain necessary documents for a standard family bungalow of four bedrooms on a single plot of private land is a great relief.”

At Ilo Awela, Alhaja Fausat Gbadamosi described the programme as the first in the state’s history, saying it showed that the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration wants to make life easier for the people.

Badejo said the programme would enable homeowners to have legal building documents and help the government to build its database for planning purposes.

He said the sale of forms would close on February 28.

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) has a good chance to win the presidential election next year. The governor urged members of the party to register in the ongoing exercise to build a formidable membership base that would ensure the victory of the party at the polls. Addressing APC membership registration officials before the exercise started yesterday.

He said: “We must be ready to work round the clock to register as many people as possible in an atmosphere of peace so that when the time of reckoning comes, we can use our votes to fight our political opponents.

“You have to conduct yourselves in an orderly manner. Replicate all you have been taught with good disposition. Our advantage is our interest. As a large family under the umbrella of APC, we should at all times avoid things that distract us. We have a very good chance of being at the Villa in the coming general election.”

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has denied involvement in the disruption of a meeting organised by Senator Gbenga Obadara (Ogun Central District) at Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area.

In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Olusola Balogun, Amosun condemned the violence and regretted the attempt to link him or any member of his administration to it.

He said: “The news of the alleged attack was shocking to me. All leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as well as chairmen of our local government councils, were in Lagos to celebrate the 75th birthday of our party’s Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande. It is even more curious that some chieftains of our party chose a time meant for honouring our revered leader for another meeting. The motive is certainly questionable.”

The governor said the party’s state leader, Chief Olusegun Osoba, was with him at Akande’s birthday and wondered what the intention of the National Assembly members, who convened the said political meeting, was.

He said: “The alleged thuggery has all the trappings of a stage-managed event, with the aim of attempting to take over the machinery of our great party through subterfuge. But we will not be taken in by such blackmail.”

Amosun said the unity of Ogun APC remained inviolable, adding that everything legal would be done to consolidate on the gains of the past and improve the state.

He commiserated with the victims of the violence, including journalists, urging the police to bring the perpetrators to book.

Ewekoro Local Government Chairman Dele Soluade, who was also accused of being involved in the attack, said he had no prior knowledge of the APC’s meeting until he sent his police orderly to the area.

Soluade said: “As the council chairman, I was not aware that anybody was coming there. When I heard of it, I asked my orderly what was happening there. I had no invitation or information about the event.”

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has said the best way to remember the fallen heroes is to sustain the welfare of their families and those of officers in service.

The governor spoke yesterday in Abeokuta at a special reception at the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala Barracks, on this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day.

He noted that the price the fallen heroes paid was the reason there was peace in the country.

Amosun said: “These heroes, who worked selflessly until they laid their lives, can be better appreciated by remembering their families.

“We should make living better for those who were injured while serving the nation. We have to ensure that the welfare of those in service is catered for.”

The governor urged the Federal Government to promote the welfare of security operatives, adding: “As a responsible government, we will do our best to improve the welfare of security operatives.”

He said the Lawenfa-Ayetoro road, which hosts the barracks, would ease transportation for security operatives and their relatives when completed.

The Commander of the 35 Artillery Brigade, Brig.-Gen. David Ahmadu, said the day was set aside to remember and celebrate ex-servicemen as well as officers in service.

He thanked the Nigerian Legion for sustaining Nigeria’s corporate existence.

OGUN State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has debunked media reports that Thursday’s fracas between some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was a fall-out of a competition between him and former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba. “I am not in competition with my predecessors. How can I be in competition with party elders like Chief Osoba. Chief Osoba is our father in the party and there is nobody that is anti-Osoba. We are all pro-Osoba”, he said while addressing news men in his office yesterday. The governor described as unfortunate, the incident which erupted at the APC state secretariat in Abeokuta, resulting in claims and counter-claims of violent attacks between contending groups in the party. The governor said the crisis arose as a result of “communication gap”, adding that ”what we experienced yesterday was quite embarrassing. It is something that could be avoided if we are sincere with ourselves. “The Harmonisation Committee is no more necessary because according to the National Headquarters of our party, this committee should have been put in place about five months ago and since this was not done, they have asked us to go into membership registration. I think the problem is that of communication gap ”, the governor said. Amosun, while also apologising to the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), over allegation of harassment of its members during the fracas, assured that such an ugly incident will not occur again in the state. He said journalists should not be harassed by politicians in the course of going about their lawful duties, describing them as partners in progress.

OGUN State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, will on Monday, December 16, launch the Homeowners charter designed for Ogun Property owners to regularise their land documents. The Homeowners’ Charter is an intervention programme by Ogun State government to ease the acquisition of building approvals from the state’s planning authority for homeowners who register to regularize the documentation of their houses within the six weeks of the launching of the programme. According to the programme, homeowners can also obtain Certificates- of-Occupancy within nine months and at hugely discounted rates if they apply within the six weeks. In a statement, Mr.Gbenga Otenuga, the Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning, explained that under the Homeowners’ Charter, the fees homeowners normally pay to acquire building permits and C-of-Os have been greatly reduced. As incentive, the state government is giving discounts of up to 75% on the cost of obtaining documentation for buildings. This underscores the commitment of Governor Ibikunle Amosun to ensuring that as many property owners as possible take advantage of the initiative to regularize the documentation of their houses. Otenuga added that the Homeowners’ Charter is one of the key programmes of the Senator Ibikunle Amosun-led government to engender urban renewal and development in the state.