GOV. ALMAKURA SET TO SELL NASARAWA STATE PROPERTIES.
NasarawaReports - Ikpontu N.
Governor Tanko Almakura has gotten the approval of the state assembly to sell off government properties located within and outside Nasarawa state.

Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi made this announcement yesterday during the plenary. He further stated that proceeds from the sale of properties will be diverted to the numerous projects and the state's multipurpose property located at Central business district in Abuja.

Speaker Balarabe listed the properties, they include no. 23, Kaura Road, no. 12 Lamido Road; all located at Kaduna State. In Jos, he listed no. 31 Ibrahim Taiwo Rd, no. 3 Reset House road and some other few. Others include, former Plateau Laison Office, block A and B, plot 1234 and no. 31 located at Oladipo Street, Apapa, GRA Lagos state.

The reasons for the sales according to Balarabe where the dilapidating conditions, high cost of maintaining the properties, payment of municipal taxes, squatters challenge in all the structures and collection of illegal rents by unscrupulous officers.

Also, he listed some properties within the state proposed for sale, amongst them are Nasarawa investment Conference at Azuba Road Lafia, Nasarawa Spring Water ltd located at Lafia, land 7.02 located opposite Karu International Market and Kuchikau Site and Services Scheme, he added.