By Daud Olatunji

ABEOKUTA— Ogun State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has explained that he introduced the idea of Homeowners’ Charter to solve the problem of unemployment in the state.

Amosun, who spoke on Friday, during the presentation of 1,000 Certificates of Occupancy, C of Os and Building Plan Approval to beneficiaries at the Arcade Ground, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, said that through the programme he has generated both direct and indirect employment for youths in the state.

It would be recalled that private practising surveyors in Ogun State had dragged the state governor before the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta over alleged discrepancies and illegality surrounding the issuance of C of Os under its new housing policy known as Home Owner Charter.

The surveyors, in the suit number FHC/HB/CS/66/15, claimed that the sketch plans under the scheme do not have the particulars of any registered surveyor and are only endorsed with the scanned signature of the Surveyor-General of Ogun State, contrary to the law of survey plan in Nigeria.