Chairman of Dutse City Development Agency (DCDA), Alhaji Bashir Aminu Suleiman, said over 1, 000 more illegal structures would be demolished in Dutse metropolis and environs.
He said the current demolition of illegal structures being carried out within the city was being done in good faith and “is meant to beautify the city and give it a unique outlook.”
The chairman, who was addressing journalists in his office yesterday in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital, disclosed that the exercise would continue in order to maintain the cleanliness and orderliness, as well as the structural development in the city.
According to him, government has discovered that some people had encroached into its land and erected some illegal structures which doctored the original plan of the city.
Commenting on the land taken over by government to build Dutse International Airport, Suleiman said all the land owners were adequately compensated, adding that even those omitted earlier “have now being settled accordingly.”
“So, there was omission in some areas, but already, from February 25, 2014, a memo has been taken to Governor Lamido regarding that issue.”
