Estate surveyors and valuers have commended the Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, for the remarkable progress made in land administration reforms, security and infrastructure in the past one year, stating that no country in the world had ever developed without proper land policy and administration.
They stated this when they visited the governor, yesterday, to notify and invite him to a workshop for estate surveyors and valuers to be held in Enugu.
The group, led by Emeka Eleh, listed the enactment of the Enugu State Geographic Information Services law, legislation to fight land grabbers and the effort to correct the illegalities committed in property development in the state as commendable steps towards repositioning the state for exponential socio-economic development.
Eleh said that Mbah had repositioned Enugu as the right place to do business in Nigeria, expressing delight about the state’s 2024 budget, which consists of N107.2 billion, representing 21 per cent recurrent expenditure and N414.3 billion, which is 79 per cent capital expenditure.
They said: “You are coming from a very strong pedigree and from a very strong private sector background. We were very delighted when you were elected, because we felt it would be a turning point in the affairs of this state. We are very delighted to say that we have been very correct, given the evidence of governance we see.
“We keep talking about the housing deficit without talking about infrastructural deficit, and we are glad you are addressing it frontally to add value to the lives of the people.”
