The Ogun State Government has said it was committed to ending land grabbing and creating an environment conducive for investors to thrive in the state.
It stated that the law would take its course on anyone involved in the act through the task force inaugurated to prosecute land grabbers.
A statement on Friday indicated that the Commissioner for Agriculture Development and Food Security, Bolu Owotomo, during a visit to Oke-Odan Oil Palm Cluster and the palace of Olowo of Owoland in Yewa South Local Government Area of the State, also assured that all communal issues relating to acquired agricultural land will be resolved.
He added that the present administration was determined to make investors comfortable in the process of carrying out their business activities.
Owotomo further, Owotomo explained that the visit was to support, engage, and encourage investors to keep up the terms of their engagement with the state government.
He stressed that land acquired for agricultural purposes should be used as such, advising them to work harmoniously as a cluster through shared service, work on corporate social responsibility initiative that would make their impact felt positively by the host communities, and ensure that payment of their ground rent was done as and when due.
On his part, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr Samuel Adeogun encouraged investors to look inwards on services that would benefit the lot of the people in the communities, just as he advised them not to take laws into their hands and report immediately to the Ministry if they have any challenge with the host community.
Speaking earlier, the Olowo of Owoland, Oke-Odan, Oba Abdul Mojeed Alao, commended the Commissioner for his visit, assured of his unflinching support for the present administration, and requested that the village be granted excision to avoid unnecessary disputes.
