Oyo State Government has commenced the payment of compensation to

owners of the affected properties along the Ajia Inukan Local Council

Development Area, Ona Ara Local Government of the state.

The Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Williams

Akin-Funmilayo, who disclosed this at a meeting with the claimants, said the

government recently acquired an expanse of land for developmental projects

comprising the construction of Air Force Base, General Hospital and

Information Communication and Technology centre, which he said, were all

sited at Ajia in Ona Ara Local Government Area, corridor of the state.

Akin-Funmilayo said, the Oyo State government had earmarked the sum of

five hundred and thirteen million, four hundred and sixty-two thousand, four

hundred and forty-six naira fifty kobo as compensation to the affected

claimants.

The compensation, according to Akin-Funmilayo, “is a crucial step towards

fostering a good relationship between the government and the residents,

while, the Oyo State government had earlier conducted an identification and

verification exercise for the property owners along the corridor of the

project, after which their properties were valued in preparation for the

payment of compensation by the government.