Demolition: Rep asks govt to compensate victims OCTOBER 24, 2013 BY JOHN AMEH Leave a Comment Hon. Abiodun Akinlade | credits: facebook A member of the House of Representatives from Ogun State, Mr. Abiodun Akinlade, on Wednesday criticised the state government over the ongoing demolition of about 100 houses in some parts of the state. Akinlade, who is the Chairman, House Committee on Science and Technology, said the demolition was done “without human face” as many families were displaced. The lawmaker, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party, said what he expected the government to do was to resettle the victims and compensate them before pulling down their houses. The government had commenced the demolition to open up roads in the state but Akinlade told reporters in Abuja that while he was not against road construction, those affected by the demolition should have been compensated first. He said, “Any government policy that brings people’s shelter down without first making provision for an alternative and also compensating them appropriately in the name of road construction, is by all standard, an anti-people policy. “While it is agreed that the Ojodu/Alagbole/Ijoko Road is long overdue for reconstruction, I think the state government needs to understand that in every democracy, the people come first.” He appealed to the victims not to resort to violence, but to employ legal means to fight their case.punchng/news/demolition-rep-asks-govt-to-compensate-victims/
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