Ogun to extend deadline for property owners

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Thursday said his administration would extend by a week, the February 28 deadline set for property owners to perfect their title documents. He disclosed this when he led members of his cabinet on an inspection of the exercise tagged Home Owners’ Charter Scheme in Ifo and Ado Odo/Ota local government areas of the state. While addressing residents of the areas visited, he assured them that the government had heard their complaints regarding the challenges facing them over the scheme. The property owners in the two council areas had lamented the shortage of personnel at the registration centres, pleading for an extension of the deadline. While the property owners lauded the scheme, they said that an extension of the deadline would enable them to participate fully in the programme. Amosun promised to provide more Home Owners’s Charter service centres in Akute and to consider the possibility of extending the deadline as requested by the residents. The governor said, “I received text messages and emails telling me that they want us to extend the programme, and having come around today and seen things myself, we will hearken to their calls. We will go back home and see the possibility of extending it by a maximum of a week or so. “We will get more portakabins and increase service delivery to make sure that the thing is flawless.” On the projected number of applicants which the governor put at 200, 000, he expressed optimism that the figure would be surpassed. He urged property owners in the state to take advantage of the ongoing scheme. “The era of applying for certificate of occupancy and other titled documents and not getting it in the state is over. I am putting my integrity and that of the state on line and assure you that things would not be like they were in the past in the state,” governor added.