Ondo govt pays N150m compensation to owners of demolished buildings

The Ondo StateGovernment hasreleased additional sum of N150 million as compensation for the 104 owners of buildings to be demolished to give way to the dualisation of Arakale road in Akure metropolis.Apart from this, government said it had invited, at least, 150 building owners along the Owo dualisation road for claimers interview.The Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Mr. Akin Adaramola,who said this in Akure, added that payment of the new compensation to owners of buildings on the road as a result of the dilapidated nature of some of the buildings earlier affected by the exercise.The state government had initially paid about N1 billion as compensation to owners of buildings earlier demolished to pave the way for the dualisation exercise.He said most of the buildings which were earlier partly demolished have become death trap along the road, hence the need to demolish the entire structure.According to the commissioner, who is also the Chairman of Arakale/ Owo Roads relocation and Compensation Committee, 77 building owners on Arakale road have been compensated in the second phase of the exercise, while 27 people have not picked up their cheques.He said, after the first phase of compensation was paid to building owners along Arakale road, Arakale was seen in a different way. Many of the shops and buildings that were partly demolished were no longer attractive.'After the demolition, most of the shops no longer befit the road. In short, these buildings have become dangerous for human habitation because three quarters part of the buildings had been partly demolished'Speaking on the Owo dualisation road, Adaramola explained that government would only demolish buildings on the Owo road after the owners of such structures have been duly compensated.He therefore appealed to owners of the buildings on the Owo/ Arakale to come forward for their claims in order not to delay works on the roads as dry season approaches.
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