KWGIS Stresses Need for Land Use Approvals on All Development Projects

Date: 2025-02-08

The Kwara State Geographic Information Services (KWGIS) has reiterated that all development projects within the state must seek and obtain the necessary land use approvals as mandated by law.

In a recent statement, KWGIS highlighted that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture had neither sought nor secured approval for the Pavilion project, underscoring the importance of compliance with legal requirements. The organisation also noted that several projects have been halted due to non-compliance with these regulations. To raise awareness, KWGIS has been conducting various enlightenment campaigns on radio platforms, educating the public about the necessity of obtaining proper approvals before embarking on developmental initiatives.

"This is a basic thing. Where people or agency of government overlook or neglect such basic requirements of physical development law, we have a duty to not just stop them but to also impose appropriate fines," KWGIS Executive Chairman ESV. ABDULKAREEM BABATUNDE SULYMAN said in a statement on Saturday.

"The Pavilion is an urban development project under the Federal Ministry of Agriculture. It is a new construction. As such, appropriate approvals ought to be sought and secured before anything is done. All government projects, local, state, and federal, get such approvals. This has not been done for the project. We have accordingly directed workers on site to do the appropriate thing before they resume work.

"This is a standard urban development protocol. Development Control activities are carried out as spelt out in the law. It's a tool for regulating developments and ensuring safety. The agency has a duty to maintain standards because the buck stops on its table if such a project collapses in the future.

"At the moment, Peace Pharmaceutical along Asa Dam bypass and HRA along Lubcon Road were carrying out large-scale construction activities without requisite approval. Both projects were sealed off while the proponents were mandated to carry out the requirements of the law before they could commence further work at the sites."

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara 2015     Aremu Odolaye     Abdulwahab Ololele     Agor     Salami Adekunle     Yusuf Arowosaye     Innocent Okoye     IFK     Kwara State Television     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abdulhakeem Amao     Eleja     Ibrahim Mohammed     Rueben Parejo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Sidikat Akaje     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Kwara North     Shaaba Lafiagi     KSIRS     Bankole Omisore     Oba Abdulrahim     Egbejila     Lawal Olohungbebe     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Babata     Aliyu Adebayo     Saheed Alakoso     IYA ALFA NLA     Olaiya Zuberu     KWASEIC     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Lai Mohammed     Gbugbu International Market     Salman Alada     Sanitation Exercise     Salaudeen Oyewale     Suleiman Idris     Ayedun     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Gbemisola Saraki     Olaitan Adefila     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Saad Omo Iya     Umar Adelodun     Kwarareports     Elesie Of Esie     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Albert Ogunsola     Tunji Folami     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Isiaka Alikinla     Sulyman Tejidini     Doyin Awoyale     TETFUND     Azeez Salawu     Fulani     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Musa Yeketi     New Naira Notes     Unicontinental Construction Company     Ali Ahmad     Sam Okaula     CBT     Folashade Omoniyi     Nigeria Computer Society     Babatunde Idiagbon     Bukola Ajikobi     Baruten     Bisi Oyeleke     NSCIA     MAI Akande     Admiralty Villa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sulu Gambari     Simeon Ajibola     Rotimi Atere     Yahya Mohammed     Wahab Egbewole     Hassan Oyeleke     Dasuki Belgore     Oke-opin     Noah Yusuf     Saka Onimago     Cornelius Adebayo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Share/Tsaragi     Hakeem Lawal     Omotoso Musa     Mashood Dauda     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Jebba     Sarkin Malamai     Kuliyan Geri     Saheed Akinwumi     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     AGM Professional Services     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Mohammed Halidu     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Rueben Parejo     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Yusuf Badmus     Mike Omotosho     Grillo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Young Progressives Party     Bashir Adigun     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Dunmade     Moshood Mustapha     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Lai Gobir     Oni Adebayo     CCB     Agboola Babatunde     Musa Abdullahi     Razak Atunwa     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Code Of Conduct     Otuka     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Mumeen Lah     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Okanlawon Musa     Amos Justus Sayo     Olayinka Olaogun     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     UITH     Jumoke Gafar     Lucky Omoluwa     Moronfoye     Omoniyi Ayinla     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Ubandawaki     Elerin Of Adanla     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     George Innih     Saheed Popoola     Aliyu U. Tilde     Government High School Adeta     Henry Olaosebikan     Shonga     Makama Of Kaiama     Unilorin FM