Leadership (Abuja)
Mansur Sani Malam
27 December 2008
Kano — The Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission in Kano State has received a total of 1,788 cases on various matters, out of which 688 have been disposed of, while the remaining have either been kept pending or are still under investigation since the inception of the commission in 2005.
The director-general of the commission, Alhaji Aminu Inuwa Muhammad stated this recently in a paper he presented during a one-day stakeholders' forum on land disputes in Kano State, organised by the commission and held at Murtala Muhammad Library, Kano.
He revealed that the commission had also received a total of 396 complaints/petitions related to land/housing in which 232 of the figure were directed against the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning and KNUPDA, while 164 were directed against the various local government councils in the state, the emirate council, federal government agencies, government officials, individuals and private organisations.
Alhaji Aminu Muhammad added that from 232 complaints involving the Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, 97 required compensations or re-allocation due to acquisition by government or as a result of double allocation on the part of the ministry, while 22 cases were against KNUPDA, 49 against individuals and 64 against groups of people or organisations.
As regards that of the director-general, 33 were successfully resolved, 18 transferred to relevant agencies, 12 rejected due to lack of substance or withdrawn by complainants at will, 110 still on investigation, while 59 were kept pending in response to the correspondences with the Ministry of Land and KNUPDA or supporting evidences for further verification from the complainants.
In a paper presented on land acquisition policy by the state government, the permanent secretary, Ministry of Land and Physical Planning, Alhaji Salisu Alhassan said the enactment of a decree by the federal government was due to the difficulties encountered in the acquisition of land for national development, particularly in the South where such lands were being held by individuals, families and communities.
He added that the ministry had maintained its dignity with the good understanding of traditional institutions for any acquisition of land through the recognition of the emirate council, local government councils, district heads and other traditional institutions.
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