River State: Ministry of Housing to recover all Govt. illegally occupied houses

River state Ministry of Housing has said it will soon begin to recover all government residential and office houses which are illegally occupied. This was made known by the Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Emma Okah, during an unscheduled visit to the state-owned Iriebe Satellite Town, one of the many state government-owned housing estates across the state.

The commissioner, who was shocked at the level of invasion and vandalism of the entire Iriebe Satellite Town houses said: “It is inappropriate and unacceptable, for hoodlums and other persons to forcefully take over government houses and occupy such as if there were no government and laws. Regrettably they are neither paying any rent nor maintaining the houses. Worse still, they are not grateful to the state through discharge of moral basic maintenance obligations.”

He warned all illegal occupants and holders of government owned residential houses and offices, lands allocated for such purposes and all other such spaces, to vacate, quit and or relinquish all such property to the Rivers State Ministry of Housing, without delay. Okah also said verification and revalidation exercise on all government owned residential and office houses will soon commence, as part of preparations for the implementation of the housing policy as contained in Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike’s blueprint for the development of the state.

The commissioner assured the Rivers people that the state government ably led by Wike will do all within its powers to address housing needs in the state and bridge the existing gap in the interest of the people.

Okah enjoined Rivers people to cooperate with his ministry and continue to support and pray for the government of Wike for the common good of all Rivers people.