In response to the prevailing hardship in the country, the Federal Government, on Thursday directed the implementation of a compensation plan to all property owners along the 700km Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway which would be passing through nine states.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, who said President Bola Tinubu had approved the payment of compensation to all affected property owners, also listed the necessary requirements and conditions affected residents must meet to qualify for the compensation.
Umahi, while speaking at a stakeholders meeting with affected residents in Lagos, said that the works ministry would only provide compensation to deserving individuals based on approved documents. He also said the legacy project would be delivered in eight years.
He said, “The Federal Ministry of Works will pay compensation and the President has directed me to pay compensation but we are not going to pay anything to those living in the shanties.
“When you put up a building on a land that is not your own then you are not entitled for compensation. If your property is not approved, you are not entitled for compensation, but the President is a man of good heart and so I think we would still pay compensation to some persons because of the hardship in the country.
“But I repeat, shanties or unapproved buildings won’t be paid but we would try to save solid properties as much as possible.”
The minister further stressed that the government had extended the eviction notice for property owners affected in the multi-trillion naira project.
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