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The Rivers State Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has given an ultimatum to all owners of marked illegal structures.....
The Rivers State Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has given an ultimatum to all owners of marked illegal structures around the new fly-over near Air Force Base along Aba Road and Okoronodo Street at D/Line behind NITEL in Port Harcourt to vacate the areas immediately or face the wrath of government.
The Commissioner for Housing and Urban. Development, Mr. Marshall Stanley-Uwom who gave the indication in his office while addressing pressmen condemned the indiscriminate erection of structures around the new fly-over and Okoronodo Street.
He also condemned the illegal placement of bill-boards and posters that have eroded the beauty of the city scape.
Mr. Marshall Stanley-Uwom declared that all marked illegal structures and illegal business premises around these two areas should be removed within the stipulated period or face inevitable demolition of the structures while the owners would be arrested.
The Commissioner warned those moulding blocks, mechanics, and car dealers under and around the Air Force fly-over to vacate the vicinity in their own interest before the long arms of the law would reach them, adding that government would not tolerate such wanton defacement of the area.
He also advised all those whose structures are on the street or too close to the road along Okoronodo Street, D/Line to remove their illegal structures forthwith to avoid the wrath of government.
The Housing and Urban Development Commissioner has also issued a warning to all those who have started re-building on demolished areas such as Rainbow, Slaughter, Olu-Obasanjo Road, Aggrey Road, Rumuola and others to remove their illegal structures to avoid another demolition, adding that culprits would bear the cost of demolition and also face prosecution as stipulated in the Town and Country Planning Law.
He enjoined builders to desist from erecting illegal attachments to buildings, blocking access and drainages and illegal occupation of open spaces in Port Harcourt metropolis and its environs.