Kano Govt revokes abandoned building projects, unoccupied houses in megacities

By Bashir Bello

The Kano State authorities has announced the revocation of abandoned gathering projects and unoccupied allocated houses successful the mega cities of Kwankwasiyya, Amana, and Bandirawo successful the state.

The State’s Commissioner of Housing Development, Arc. Ibrahim Adamu, who announced this portion addressing newsmen, said the enactment followed the expiration of a bid of grace periods fixed by the authorities to onshore owners to implicit and inhabit the properties.

Arc. Adamu said the authorities volition instrumentality implicit the properties, implicit them, and refund the owners’ wealth accordingly.

He said the owners’ nonaccomplishment to make and inhabit their properties has paved the mode for unwholesome activities, specified arsenic transgression hideouts and amerciable occupations, which endanger the bid and intent for which the cities were established.

He said the worrying improvement prompted the authorities to instrumentality enactment to guarantee onshore owners make and inhabit their properties.

The Commissioner said connected its part, the authorities had taken steps specified arsenic moving definite authoritative functions, specified arsenic the State Council Meetings and different enforcement functions, to the recently completed Governor’s Lodge wrong Kwankwasiyya City, commenced completion of the roadworthy infrastructure, connected pipe-borne water, and energy from the Tiga Hydro Power, to guarantee unchangeable and sustainable energy and h2o proviso for residents to beforehand assurance and stimulate habitation wrong the area.

According to him, “As you are each aware, these Mega Cities – Kwankwasiyya, Amana, and Bandirawo were conceived to supply modern, affordable, and organized residential settlements for the bully radical of Kano State. However, it has travel to the attraction of the Government that, contempt afloat allocation of the houses, galore owners person failed to implicit oregon inhabit their properties. This concern has unluckily created opportunities for unwholesome activities, including transgression hideouts and amerciable occupations, which endanger the bid and intent for which these cities were established.

“In effect to these challenges, the medication of Governor Abba Yusuf has taken decisive measures aimed astatine restoring order, encouraging lawful occupation, and accelerating the infrastructural improvement of these estates.

“To this end, the authorities has already moved definite authoritative functions, specified arsenic the State Council Meetings and different enforcement functions, to the recently completed Governor’s Lodge wrong Kwankwasiyya City, arsenic portion of efforts to beforehand Confidence and stimulate habitation wrong the area. In addition, the Government has begun completing the roadworthy infrastructure, connecting pipe-borne water, and energy from the Tiga Hydro Power to guarantee a unchangeable and sustainable energy and h2o proviso for residents.

“Furthermore, successful enactment with the government’s earlier directive, a 3-month announcement was issued to each location owners to implicit and inhabit their houses oregon hazard revocation of their offers. Following the encouraging effect from galore owners, the connection has expired. The authorities graciously extended the deadline by an further 2 months. Having cautiously reviewed the concern aft the expiration of the grace period, the authorities has present approved the pursuing measures: An further hold to 31st of December 2025 is hereby granted to each location owners whose structures are betwixt 50% and 95% completion to alteration them to finalize and inhabit their houses.

“House owners who person not demonstrated immoderate tenable commitment/no activity, and abandoned the completion oregon concern of their allocated houses shall person their offers revoked. The authorities volition instrumentality implicit specified properties, implicit them, and refund the owners’ wealth accordingly.

“Similarly, immoderate operation erected successful violation/contravention of the approved gathering prototypes successful the cities shall beryllium demolished to sphere the integrity, safety, and aesthetics of the Mega Cities.

“Let maine stress that these measures are not punitive but alternatively corrective and developmental. The medication of Governor Abba Yusuf remains afloat committed to ensuring that these megacities service their intended intent to supply decent, secure, and well-planned surviving environments for the radical of Kano State.

“We truthful entreaty to each affected location ow...