Committee Revokes 97 Certificates Of Occupancy

A committee set up by
Bauchi State Government to recover government property illegally allocated to individuals says it has revoked allocation of 97 plots of land.
Chairman of the Committee, Air Commodore Ahmed Tijjani-Baba (rtd) who disclosed this in Bauchi in an interview with journalists, Thursday, explained that the plots of land belonging to state government institutions but were allocated to individuals by the immediate past administration in the state.
He further explained that 89 of the plots belonged to the Bauchi State College for Arts and Science (BACAS), was discovered to have been allocated to individual in the name of curve outs.
Tijjani-Baba also explained that eight plots were also curved out at the premises of Bauchi State Agricultural Development Programme (BSADP) and equally allocated to individuals.
He emphasised that the plots of land at BSADP were meant for the construction of Senior and Junior Staff quarters, staff school, police post, football field and other recreational facilities meant for staff and children of the programme.
According to him, documents, including Allocation letters, grant or Certificates of Occupancy, were initiated, approved and issued to the beneficiaries on May 28, 2015.
The Chairman said that the Committee had taken possession of all the affected plots, while the beneficiaries were directed to surrender the documents to the state Ministry of Lands and Survey.
Alhaji Garba Noma, one of the beneficiaries, while commenting on the matter, insisted that the plot situated at BACAS, was allocated to him by the last administration, two years ago.