Lagos to seal-off properties without documents

Lagos State Government has commenced process of sealing –off properties without title documents as a way of eliminating unwholesome housing development and thus boost the status of the state as an African modern mega city.

In a statement, the state government advised property owners within un-committed acquisition areas to regularise their documents by applying with supporting documents to the Directorate of Lands Regulation for formal allocation.

The State Lands Bureau said the window of opportunity was to allow persons whose titles have not been perfected to do so, under title regularisation scheme, adding that six companies have been appointed by the government to serve as consultants to the Bureau and perfect the process leading to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.

The Bureau listed the responsibilities of the consultants to include persuading the public to register their titles, identify and document existing properties within committed acquisition, which are without title and building plan and sell and collect forms for regularisation.

It noted that the state government was irrevocably committed to ridding the State of unsightly scenery and filth as an emerging Africa’s model megacity.