Anambra State Government has charged developers to strictly comply with the physical planning laws of the State.
The charge was given by the government Joint Task Force when it took its enforcement on illegal structures to Nde-akwu-Edoji, Uruagu in Nnewi North Local Government Area, where some developers built structures on access road.
One of such developments is an ongoing duplex which blocked a major access road, obstructing further development in a vast virgin land behind it.
Armed with an excavator and other earth moving machines, the team pulled down the building, including other structures such as gate houses, shops, perimeter fencing and others, erected on access roads around the layout.
Some of the residents in the location involved who spoke to the ABS lamented why someone can spend such amount of money to build structures without government approval.
Addressing the Press shortly after the exercise at the Board’s Headquarters in Amawbia, the Chairman of Anambra State Physical Planning Board, Mr Chike Maduekwe revealed that the enforcement is a routine being carried out from zone to zone to enforce town planning laws and ensure that development in the state is controlled, stressing that the location is a government approved layout.
Mr Maduekwe a lawyer recalled that the State Executive Council has directed that a situation where people buy land and the youths will go and collect money from them has been banned in the State pointing out that the enforcement will be strict, saying that Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s commitment to building a livable prosperous homeland has been mainstreamed into the responsibilities of all Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
He appealed to Ndi Anambra to support the government by ensuring that they do not build on access roads or drainages and equally ensure that their plan is approved.
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