Iriebe Estate: RSG To Revoke Unoccupied Flats’ Allocation

The Rivers State Ministry of Housing and Property Development says it will revoke the allocation of Iriebe Housing Estate’s apartment of any original occupant who failed to pack into the Estate.
The General Manager in charge of Housing and Property Development of the ministry, Mr Kenobi Odum made this known in a chat with newsmen in port Harcourt, last Monday
Odum who blamed the taken over of the Estate by illegal occupants and hoodlums on the long delay of the original occupants of the government’s Estate to take over their possession of the apartments, said the ministry would no longer allow hoodlums to use the Estate as a hideout.
He said the ministry has already taken into account all the apartments allocated long ago which the  allottees refused to pack into the houses.
However, the General Manager said the ministry had been engaged in a fruitful arrangement with police to rid the Estate of criminals.
“We are in touch with police to carry out a more robust response to ensure that the hoodlums and illegal occupants have no way of going back to the place,” he said.
On flooding in the Estate, Odum further blamed the ongoing construction works on Port Harcourt-Aba express way.
He said the ministry has reached the company for immediate solution of the sudden flood in the area.
“We have already engaged the construction company to ensure that the flood was a thing of the past.
“We never had cases of flooding there. This very one was caused by the ongoing construction work on Port Harcourt-Aba Express way, he said.

By: Enoch Epelle