Oromineke Estate: RSG Begins Verification Of Title Documents

The Rivers State Gov
ernment has begun the verification of title  documents in order to ascertain  real  owners  of property at the Oromineke Housing Estate  in D/line  area of Port Harcourt.
To this end, the state Ministry of Housing has directed that all property owners at the estate should present their title documents that relate to ownership of their properties  to the ministry without delay.
A  circular from the ministry of housing , which was signed by the permanent  secretary, Mr. Felix O. Amadi said that the ministry is embarking on the exercise so as to know the true owners of the property.
The cirucular also revealed that those who refuse to present their  title document to the ministry, will be regarded  as impostors, and will not be  tolerated by the government .
It would be recalled that the Rivers State Government through the Ministry of Housing had issued a quit  notice to some  residents of the Oromineke Housing Estate recently.
Government’s position, it was gathered, was  to carry out its urban  renewal plan through demolition of some structures in the area.
In their reaction, residents of the estate had taken the state  government to court, to stop them from demolition of their homes, where they  had claimed that they have no other alternative for their families to relocate  to.
They had claimed also that it takes time particularly in Port Harcourt for people to secure an accommodation with their families.
Residents of the estate strongly put their feet down insisting that they were not given time to vacate the place, but the ministry had posited that it has given notices to that effect to the residents as required  and that due process were followed in that respect.

Corlins Walter