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Rivers
State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike as he swore in Commissioner for Housing, Emma
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The Rivers State Government has warned illegal occupants of
government property to vacate such property or be ready to face prosecution.
The state Commissioner
for Housing, Emma Okah, who issued this warning in Port Harcourt on Thursday,
explained that he was giving a second notice to illegal occupiers of government
property to avoid any doubt on government readiness to take action against
defaulters.
Okah pointed out that the
warning was aimed at checking the rising invasion of government houses by
illegal occupants, warning that apart from being evicted, they (illegal
Occupiers) would be dragged to court.
Media report continues:
He disclosed that the
state government would begin to recover houses from illegal occupants within
the next few weeks.
“These illegal occupants
are insensitive and destructive. They cheat the state and the tax payers by not
paying rent and in their viciousness, they vandalize public property without
remorse. We owe a duty to sanitize our system in the spirit of the new vision
of our state,” the commissioner added.
He further warned the
public to be wary of fraudulent persons who disguised as state government
agents and involved themselves in the sale of government houses.
According to him, those
involved in such an act would be made to face the wrath of the law.
Okah, however, stressed
that the Ministry of Housing was committed to tackling the housing deficiency
in the state in line with the new vision of the state government.
He maintained that the
Chief Nyesom Wike’s administration was determined to provide affordable houses
for all classes of income earners.
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