Edo Gives 2 Weeks To Estate Developers To Register Or Face Sanctions

The Edo State Government, connected Friday, issued a last two-week ultimatum to each property developers operating wrong the authorities to registry and get ceremonial support for their property layout plans oregon look decisive enforcement actions.

The directive, announced by the Ministry of Physical Planning, Housing, Urban and Regional Development, aligns with theSstate’s ambitious municipality renewal run nether ‘Project Shine’ and the 30-year Benin City Master Plan.

According to a connection signed by the Functioning Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Arc. Kate A. Isokpunwu, the determination followed a caller stakeholders’ engagement session, wherever the authorities emphasised the urgent request for compliance, sustainable development, and orderly municipality growth.

“All property layouts indispensable beryllium duly documented and regularised with the Ministry to align with the state’s semipermanent spatial and biology objectives,” the connection said.

“From October 2025, the Ministry volition statesman a broad enforcement cognition targeting amerciable developments, particularly those encroaching connected government-designated wood reserves and protected areas.”

The connection further added that “Unapproved property layouts volition beryllium sealed off, and violators prosecuted nether existing laws. The authorities reiterated its zero-tolerance argumentation connected unlawful developments, including onshore grabbing, unregulated construction, and distortion of municipality readying frameworks.

“This measurement is not punitive but corrective,” Arc. Isokpunwu stressed.

“It is designed to guarantee that improvement successful Edo State remains sustainable, orderly, and accordant with our corporate imaginativeness for a modern, well-planned city.”

Developers were urged to sojourn the Ministry without hold to implicit the indispensable registration and support processes, and thereby debar stiff sanctions.