Ibrahim Salman, director, Kwara State Bureau of Lands, has paid N20 million compensation for Aleara and Osin-Aremu communities in Ilorin-West Local Government Area of the state.
Salman, who made the declaration on Monday while presenting cheques to the beneficiaries in Ilorin, the state capital, said the ministries acquired 56.9 hectares of land for the purpose of commercial and residential uses, adding that payment of N20 million compensation was part of payment meant to pacify customary land owners whose lands were taken over by government.
He urged Kwarans to always cooperate with the government and remember the Provision of Land Use Act, which says that all lands should be in care of the government, pledging that government would pay the compensation balance later, and noted that seven families and farmers were beneficiaries of the compensation.
He said, “anytime government is ready to use the land for public use, it will pay compensation to the customary landowners or farmers that are using the land.”
