₦airaland Forum

In the exercise of his powers under the Land Use Act 1978, the Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah, on Thursday, signed Land Use Regulation 2025 as well as Executive Order No. 1, 2025, designating some areas in the state as urban areas.

By the provisions of the Executive Order, entitled “Enugu State Designation of Land as Urban Areas,” the entire Enugu East, Enugu North, and Enugu South Local Government Areas have been designated urban areas.

Likewise, the entire Udi LGA, Nkanu West LGA, Nkanu East LGA, and Nsukka LGA have been designated as urban areas.

In the same vein, parts of some LGAs have been designated urban areas. Consequently, Ndeabor Urban Area measures 10km radius and Oduma Urban Area, measures 20km radius both in Aninri LGA; Agwu Town measures 25km radius, Ihe, Agbogugu, Mgbowo, Isu-Awa, Mmaku, Ituku, and Owelli-Court; Aguobuowa and Oghe in Ezeagu LGA; Ogbede, Ukehe, and Aku in Igbo-Etiti; Enugu Ezike in Igbo Eze North LGA; Ibagwa Aka in Igbo Eze South LGA; and Ikem and Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area have been so designated

The Executive Order equally designated urban areas Oji-River, Ugwuoba, and Inyi in Oji-River LGA; Obollo-Afor and Orba in Udenu LGA; Umulokpa and Adani in Uzo-Uwani LGA.

Meanwhile, speaking at the brief signing ceremony, Mbah said, “I have just a few minutes ago signed a Land Use Regulation of 2025, and also an Executive Order designating certain locations of the state as urban areas.

“This is a major milestone that we have just witnessed. This is quite historic. This again is in line with what we witnessed a few weeks ago when we formally launched the Enugu State Geographic Information System, ENGIS, a system that is designed to fast-track applications for land titles, and indeed other administrative functions relating to land.

So, what we have here today is going to bring clarity. As we all know, a lack of transparency feeds corruption. This is really a major milestone towards our drive, not just to enhance the revenue of Enugu State, but to ensure ease of doing business where prospective applicants can easily know what their fees are and the timelines that the application will be processed.

“Therefore, with what we have done here today, there is no more hidden charges when you apply for whatever land transaction, whether it is for search, titles or indeed for whatever transactions you want to carry out relating to land in Enugu State.

“It is also going to end the era of double allocations, land grabbing, and all sorts of confusion that may have existed before now in our land management system. They have now come to an end with the signing of this regulation.

“We have also expanded areas that before now we have designated as rural areas. That means effectively that those living in those locations are now able to come forward and apply for their title document and they will be able to obtain their Certificate of Occupancy for the property and assets they have there. Again, this brings further clarity to our land management system.”

While commending his team for the good job done, the governor promised that there would be adequate public enlightenment on the processes of land transactions under the new Order, Land Use Regulation, and the Enugu Geographic Information Service.

“This regulation clearly spells out the number of days it will require for any application, whether you are conducting your search or indeed applying to obtain your title document. The number, the timelines, and your fees are spelt out. So, there is absolutely no confusion. So, I thank you all for all your efforts,” he concluded.

PresidObi:
This man is doing well.

thesicilian:
Because he signed a document

XerXers:
Government should now exercise it's full power over those land held hostage by villagers

Bleiz:
There is still provision for compensation for the villagers who are the real owners of the ancestral land.

Bleiz:
There is still provision for compensation for the villagers who are the real owners of the ancestral land.

Bede2u:
Im again asking Igbos to stop building houses in the villages. [b]Remember to leave some lands for farming. [/b]Our region is the most densely populated region in Africa (outside lagos and Kinshasa).
Building one house in the city and another in the village should be discouraged by governments to avoid creating food scarcity.

XerXers:
State is the true owners of land and compensation is only for buildings not land

Abaziaka:
The only working Governor in the East,
Otti has gone quite after the rain wash of a few sloppy roads works it started with the initial gragra.
Insecurity has tuned down the popularity of Soludo in Anambra,
And Ebonyi seems not to be in the news lately.
And in Imo it seems the unknown gunmen and kidnapping has hijacked governance from the hopeless man
But with time God will restore and heal his people's

seanery:
All na grammar, las las na still rubbish

XerXers:
State is the true owners of land and compensation is only for buildings not land

Bede2u:
Im again asking Igbos to stop building houses in the villages. Remember to leave some lands for farming. Our region is the most densely populated region in Africa (outside lagos and Kinshasa).
Building one house in the city and another in the village should be discouraged by governments to avoid creating food scarcity.
Build only one and please build it in the city, it's better. Unless you live outside the SE then you may only build in the villages

Zidac:
His hometown is going to benefit immensely from this. Working governor. Congratulations to Ndi Nkanu and Enugu people.

Kingsnairaland:
Useless talk

So if government or something happens to ur city house your go back to farm and live

XerXers:
State is the true owners of land and compensation is only for buildings not land

Kingsnairaland:
This is a good idea because he wanted to steal people land by force in the form of building two lane roads in abakpa.

Two lane that will be killing innocent children while crossing the road