Estate surveyors laud Mbah on land reform

A group of estate surveyors and valuers has commended Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu state for the remarkable progress made in land administration reforms, security, and infrastructure in the past one year.

The surveyors said no country in the world has ever developed without proper land policy and administration.

The group, Ubosi Eleh and Co, gave the commendation during a courtesy visit to Government House, Enugu, Wednesday, to notify and invite the governor to a workshop for estate surveyors and valuers holding in Enugu.

The group of professionals 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 Mbah had repositioned Enugu as the right place to do business in Nigeria, expressing delight about the state’s 2024 budget, which consists of only 107.2 billion, 21 per cent recurrent expenditure and N414.3 billion, 79 per cent capital expenditure.

“You 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 values to the lives of the people.

“We are also happy about what you are doing in terms of land administration and physical planning. We are aware in the areas of physical planning, how you are cleaning up the town and ensuring that people follow rules and that the right things are done by people who are building to create a better liveable city.”