The Lagos State House of Assembly is to begin deliberations on a bill seeking to frustrate and criminalise the activities of land grabbers, land speculators also known as ‘Omo Onile’ and regulate the activities of agents dealing with issues of land in the state.

This hint was dropped on the floor of the House by the Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, Public Complaints and Petitions, Sanai Agunbiade, while presenting a report about land tussle in the state.

Agunbiade informed his colleagues that the bill, a private member bill which already has the blessing of the executive arm of the state government, will soon be presented to the House for further deliberations and passage.

The lawmaker, in the report he would present, said one of the recommendations include providing a law to curb the excesses of land speculators.

“I want to inform this House that there is a bill to that effect. It is a private member bill.

“The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice has made his inputs and the bill will soon be presented to the House.”

The lawmakers all agreed that it was a good idea to come up with such a bill against land speculators who have perpetrated violence in parts of the state.

In some situations, agents and omo-oniles sell a particular plot or parcel of land to several people and then bolt with their money. This results in violence and court cases among the buyers.

While commending Agunbiade, a member of the House, Ipoola Omisore, advised that the bill must specify who actually owns what land in the state since land is to the state what oil is to the Niger Deltans.

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While commending Agunbiade, a member of the House, Ipoola Omisore, advised that the bill must specify who actually owns what land in the state since land is to the state what oil is to the Niger Deltans.*******************************************************

Nawaoo it don reach like this?
Well its a welcome development @ least people will now happily development their plots land without intimidation from "Omo nile"

This is a very good development from Fashola....

The state needs cleansing from all nuisance...

Kudos to fashola

wtf is dah

Welcome Development

feels so good

ok

DEAD ON ARRIVAL

The great occupation of South Westerners? IMPOSSIBRU! Lagos GDP will just fall by 80%, if you now ban Agbero, the GDP'll fall kpata-kpata by 100%!

Allow me Ban myself now, thank you very much!

I do wonder at times whenever I go to Lekki, Ajah and Oshodi. You will see so many irresponsible youths gaurding their streets collecting toll money just because you drive through the street. The money will then be used to procure drugs and hot drinks. These set of people have constantly constitute menace to the peace of these areas. Am very much happy for this development and I hope after the passage of the bill into law, necessary enforcement agencies should be empowered to enforce the law to the letter

lagos state need to ban this rassclat they forcefully collect millions of naira daily mainly from igbos and none igbos i have seen two omoile people arguing on a piece of land which they increase the price from 7 million to 10 million they say igbo go buy no shaking

like this ...........

ruBBish

Land owners (Omo Onile) are different from Land Grabbers (Ajagun gbale). All land grabbers are Land owners,but not all Land Owners are land grabbers. I make sense?

I dont believe Lagos government. What have they done concerning the Landlord/Tenant Law stipulating six month/a year rent to be collected only from tenant without agreement fees or whatever. What have they done?

how does dis stop cross river from being cleanest and greenest state?

Looks good on paper.
How far have they gone with their 1 year tenancy law and ridiculous agents fees

How can you ban the 'son of land owner'? Is that possible?

A step in the right direction.
Although I must say the first month is going to be pretty messy, I think the LASG will overcome them eventually.

gratiaeo: While commending Agunbiade, a member of the House, Ipoola Omisore, advised that the bill must specify who actually owns what land in the state since land is to the state what oil is to the Niger Deltans.*******************************************************

Nawaoo it don reach like this?
Well its a welcome development @ least people will now happily [size=18pt]development[/size] their plots land without intimidation from "Omo nile"

GBAGAUN ALERT!!!

Great news, but the issue here is that these kind of laws like that ensuring minimum of 1-year Tenancy charge will take time to effect in Lagos.

Wetin,omo nile canot go,ki lo fe faa... Kai,dangborogba sege.... Tufia kwa.

dolphinife: I do wonder at times whenever I go to Lekki, Ajah and Oshodi. You will see so many irresponsible youths gaurding their streets collecting toll money just because you drive through the street. The money will then be used to procure drugs and hot drinks. These set of people have constantly constitute menace to the peace of these areas. Am very much happy for this development and I hope after the passage of the bill into law, necessary enforcement agencies should be empowered to enforce the law to the letter

And play baba ijebu too.
All those boys and useless old ones including their chiefs and Baales among them are menace to the society. They are bunch of illiterate and lazy fellows

i hope it wnt be same way the activities of area boys were criminalised on papers?

ifyalways: Looks good on paper.
How far have they gone with their 1 year tenancy law and ridiculous agents fees

You've been dwelling on this 1 year tenancy law of late, are you at the receiving end of shylocks landlords in Lagos?

what about Agbero Agbero na

Awori, ti yin ba yin.

now I can build the house I inherited from my great grand father jejeli

Born 2be Rich: This is a very good development from Fashola....

The state needs cleansing from all nuisance...

Kudos to fashola

yeye amala and ewedu law that they have no balls to sign into law takless of implementing.