Bauchi state government has recovered 97 government landed properties which were illegally allocated to individuals by the immediate past government of Isa Yuguda.
Chairman of the Committee set up to look into the alleged illegal land allocation, Air Cdr Ahmed Tijjani-Baba (Rtd), said that the plots of land belonged to State Government institutions but were allocated to individuals by the immediate past administration in the state.
According to him, 89 of the plots belonged to the Bauchi State College for Arts and Science (BACAS), allocated to individuals in the name of “curve outs.”
Tijjani-Baba also explained that eight plots were also curved out at the premises of Bauchi State Agricultural Development Programme (BSADP), and equally allocated to individuals.
He said that the plots at BSADP were meant for the construction of senior and junior staff quarters, staff school, police outpost, football field and other recreational facilities meant for staff and children of the Programme.
He said that documents, including Allocation Letters, Grant or Certificate of Occupancy, were initiated, approved and issued to the beneficiaries on May 28, 2015.
The chairman said that the committee had taken possession of all the affected plots, while the beneficiaries were directed to surrender the documents to the State Ministry of Lands and Survey.
Alhaji Garba Noma, one of the beneficiaries, while commenting on the matter, insisted that the plot situated at BACAS, was allocated to him by the last administration two years ago.
Noma said that the said plots used to be a hideout for armed robbers and miscreants, following the relocation of some faculties of the school to its permanent site along Bauchi to Jos Road.
He said that he had requested the then administration of Governor Isa Yuguda to allocate the plot to him for the construction of some social amenities, and was obliged.
Noma said that he had received the revocation notice and halted ongoing construction work on the site. [myad]
