Buhari, Amosun save us from land grabbers of Awo’s farm settlements
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NIGERIA: LAND grabbers have invaded the farm settlements owned by the Ogun State government and began selling large parcels of lands to unsuspecting buyers.
The Farm Settlers Association (FSA) in the state alerted the government on Wednesday, saying that the often called “Omo-Oniles” have forcefully taken over a larger chunk of the farm settlements from them.
Members of the association at Coker Farm Settlement in Ifo Local Government area of the Gateway State said at a press conference held at the Akinside village, that the land grabbers and sand diggers have taken over the larger part of the 7,000 hectares of the settlement.
The Secretary of the settlement, Mr. Kazeem Adediran, and the State Secretary of FSA, Mr. Afolabi Kufo, told journalists that the activities on the “omo oniles” became pronounced due to the connivance of government officials.
They urged the Federal Government not to allow the eight settlements inherited by the Ogun State government from the old Western Region go into extinction.
According to them, the land grabbers have also invaded the other seven settlements in the state.
The duo lamented that the land grabbers have destroyed invaluable cash crops, which included rubber, cocoa, oil-palm, and other plantations.
Adediran stated that the purposes for the establishment of the settlements, which were to provide foods for the populace and raw materials for the industries, are being defeated by the alleged non-challant posture of the state government to the invasion of the farm settlements.
Similarly, Kufo stated that the lands for the settlements were acquired by the Premier of the old Western Region, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo in 1958.
He explained that adequate compensations were paid to the land owners.
According to him, the encroachment began during the administration of ex-Governor Olusegun Osoba, adding that it worsened under ex-Governor Gbenga Daniel when he was allegedly wrongly advised to release part of the parcels of lands to the owners.
Kufo also explained that the farm settlements accounted for 50 percent of food produce in the markets and 50 percent of raw materials available for agro-based industries in the defunct Western Region.
He blamed Governor Ibikunle Amosun for paying lip services to the requests of the farmers since he became the state helmsman.
Kufo recalled that the aggrieved farmers presented their position at the sitting of a panel of inquiry on land matters set up by the government in 2012.
He indicted Amosun for failing to implement the White Paper released on the committee’s report, which indicated that the government accepted the recommendations of the commission on Coker Farm Settlement.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the FSA, Mr. Adeola Olubakin, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to promptly intervene.
Olubakin alleged that instead for the Amosun government to act accordingly, it was only interested in the collection of rents and not the existence of the farm.
The FSA chairman, a Nigerian Army retired major, who was furious over the development, alleged that the land grabbers’ activities have led to huge loss for a large number of the settlers.
He equally explained that the action had turned many graduates of farming to being jobless due to lack of parcel of lands for them to practise.
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