Oyo Govt Set to “Know Who is Who in Real Estate Business” Through Accreditation
In a quest for the Oyo State Government to ensure the urbanization of the state, the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Akin-Funmilayo on Saturday stated that the Makinde-led administration is ready to rid the state of bad eggs among the estate developers.
This was made known by the commissioner in a meeting with Real Estate Developers held at the Secretariat, Ibadan.
According to Mr. Akin-Funmilayo, regulating the activities of Real Estate Developers in the state is part of the second-term agenda for Sustainable Development.
He disclosed that the Oyo State Government has been duly informed by several innocent victims, who have been duped by the bad eggs, among the developers.
Mr. Akin-Funmilayo further emphasised that the Oyo State Government is taking the bull by the horn, by registering practitioners, and not letting dubious real estate developers take advantage of its people.
“They cannot be operating in the state without knowing them as a custodian of land in the state, which will equally protect their interest
“It is essential for government to know who is who in real estate business in the state, we should work hand in hand to achieve same purpose with Govenor Seyi Makinde’s Agenda”.
“To protect the interest of innocent investors in the state, we have come up with modalities to accredit all real estate developers in the state, in other to have a robust relationship and curb excess of those that have polluted the industry”.
“To this end, they will know where we have designated for housing development not all land in the state are meant to be developed for housing estate, we will provide them with the government land information that is needed to be developed even outside Ibadan”.
“With this our people in the state cannot be duped and if they have a land to be develop into an housing estate they will apply to the state government and they will be profile properly. This will give our people in the diaspora an hope to come home and invest in the state”, he said.
In his remarks, one of the Real Estate Developers, and representative of Ark View Investment Limited, Peter Olutoyese applauded the laudable initiative.
Olutoyese acknowledged that the advantage of free entry has been abused and the industry has been polluted, adding that the regulation will limit the pollution and it will also give credible developers more chance to thrive.
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