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Stakeholders said Lagos state government has no justification for the increment of land use charge (LUCL) as the economy is biting hard on the masses Fitzgerald Umah, the chairman, Nigerian Institute of Architects urged the government to repeal the Land use charge law (LUCL) to help Lagosians in view of the hardship they were facing Umah said increasing the tax ...

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said that it would channel proceeds of its new Land Use Charge (LUC) to tackle $50 billion infrastructure deficit within the next five years. Mr Akinyemi Ashade, the state Commissioner for Finance and Special Adviser to the Governor on Taxation and Revenue, said this at an interactive session with journalists in Alausa, Ikeja. He ...

Barely two weeks after the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode signed the new Land Use Charge Law which was passed on January 28, 2018, by the State House of Assembly, to repeal and replace the Land Use Charge Law 2001. Payment of the new charge has commenced in earnest at the Opebi Branch of the Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, (GTB), Ikeja. ...

The Lagos State Government on Thursday warned that every building must obtain building permit before any structure can be erected in any part of the State. The government vowed that any defaulter shall be dealt with by shutting down their buildings. General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, Engr. Olalekan Shodeinde gave the warning during the sensitisation campaign in ...

Illegal landlords who had encroached into LASU lands through the deceit of land speculators, have in a new twist, said they don’t want to be tenants to the institution but abide only by the state government’s policy on the issue at another stakeholders meeting aimed at reaching an amicable resolution on the matter. Funmi Ogundare, who has been following the ...

The Lagos State Government on Monday appealed to demolished property owners whose houses were affected by the on-going removal of structures on the Right of Way for road expansion projects in various areas of the State to submit the relevant documents that will ease processing and payment of compensation. The government said prompt submission will enable the present administration to ...

Police broke up a sit-in protest in Lagos early Thursday, dispersing hundreds of former slum-dwellers demanding compensation after being evicted from their waterfront homes. Some 600 people from the Otodo-Gbame area of the Nigerian megacity, including women and children, had earlier on Wednesday marched to the office of the state governor. They were among more than more than 30,000 people ...

“The Federal Government today, officially handed over the ownership of the sprawling Presidential Lodge, Marina, to Lagos State Government. Alhaji Jalal Arabi, Permanent Secretary, State House, Abuja, led the federal government’s delegation, while the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Mr.Tunji Bello, led the state’s delegation to the signing of document ceremony at the Lodge, Victoria Island.”- Vanguard Other personalities ...

“The Lagos State Government has directed owners of properties who have been administered Land Use Charge Demand Notice not to pay for Tenement rate and ground rent in accordance with the law establishing the Land Use charge. This came as the state government said it has  extended the discount window for payment of Land Use Charge to April 14, 2017. ...

The Special Committee on Clean- Up of Ikoyi, Lekki, and Victoria Island inaugurated by the State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode last week has concluded plans to commence the enforcement of the Environmental Sanitation and Town Planning laws in the affected areas after the Sallah holidays. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chairman of the Committee, Mr Tunji Bello ...