Crisis on land matters as LASG battles NIWA over illegal possession of Land
W hat seems to be a clash of the Titans is already playing out between the Federal Government and Lagos State Government, as the latter has dragged the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, an agency of the Federal Government before the National Assembly panel over alleged illegal possession of Lagos State land.
The state government had declared that NIWA has been illegally occupying land in the state through the already nullified provisions of its enabling statute, citing the illegal placing and authorising placement of vessels and containers on land belonging to the state in Admiralty Way, Lekki Phase I area of the state.
Speaking at a three-day investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Ports, Harbours and Waterways at the National Assembly, Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Lands Bureau, Mr. Bode Agoro, affirmed that all land located in the..visit www.propertynaijarist..com for details