RSG Moves To Reclaim Govt Lands

The Rivers State Government has called on illegal occupants of government lands across the state to vacate the lands or be evicted by the government at the appropriate time.
Addressing  journalists  after  inspecting  government’s  project sites and estates being constructed  under the Public-Private Partnership arrangement yesterday , the Executive Director of Rivers Bureau of Public- Private Partnership (BPPP), Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack, regretted that several developers have encroached on government lands across the state which has inhibited development.
According  to  him,  all lands already  encroached upon around development  projects  will be reclaimed  and put to use for the benefit  of  the  people.
He said  that the  state government will implement  the  the public private partnership  initiative  for the purpose  of  strengthening  the  state’s economy and empowering the people.
Also speaking, Special Adviser to the Rivers State Governor on Special Projects, Mr Cyril Dum Wite,   stated that the Governor Nyesom Wike administration  will complete all the residential estates visited in liaison  with private partners to ensure that more people access quality  accommodation  in  the state.
To achieve the objective of the Rivers State Government to boost industrialisation and economic development, as championed by the state Governor , Nyesom Wike, a high powered interministerial delegation of the Rivers State Government  led by the Executive Director, Bureau of Public Private Partnership (BoPPP), Hon. Nimi Walson-Jack embarked on a fact-finding visit to some on-going Public Private Partnership projects across the state.
The delegation, which comprised of Dr. Ayebaesin Beredugo, Executive Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Prof. Roselyn Konya, Commissioner for Environment, Hon. Cyril Dum Wite, Special Adviser  to the Rivers State Governor on Special Projects, Mrs. Florence Fiberesima, Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mr. Larry Pepple, CEO Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA), Mr. Noel Elenwo, Surveyor General of Rivers State and Oraye St. Franklyn, Senior Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Social Media, among others, visited the long abandoned multi million dollars RIVMETAL Project, metal shredding plant at Kira, in Tai Local Government Area, the RIVTAF Golf Estate, Reef Court Estate and the E.G. Rivers Estate all in Port Harcourt City.
At the RIVTAF Golf Estate as well as the Reef Court and E.G. Rivers Estates, the team commended the efforts of the development partners to actualize the State Government’s agenda in housing and assured them of Government’s continued support and participation as provided for in the respective partnership agreements.
The Executive Director of the Bureau of Public Private Partnership frowned at the encroachment of government land by unknown persons and called on those developing properties within lands acquired by government and earmarked for development to stop all such developments forthwith.