Kogi State House of Assembly has said it had taken steps to resolve pending land disputes within communities and stop all illegal mining across the state.
The chairman, House committee on land, housing, environment and natural resources, Hon. Abu Onoruoiza Jibril, disclosed this in Lokoja while fielding questions from newsmen after the committee was inaugurated.
Hon. Jibril who represents Ajaokuta constituency said the Assembly would no longer condone sharp practices involving land, housing and mining in the state.
He said; “The committee system is the engine component of the legislative process, when it is effective it operates as the functional machinery of the legislative institution for the purpose of demonstrating separation of powers overseeing the activities of the other arms of government on behalf of the people and procuring relevant information to facilitate the building of restructuring the statutory fabric of the state.
“Land is delicate. We know exactly what it has caused in Lokoja metropolis. We may all have heard where people hoard land, some sell a particular land to more than two or three persons. That would be behind us henceforth. The Assembly is one arm of government, so we intend to work in synergy with the executive to ensure that all of this come to a necessary end,” he said.
