Land Tenure Changes & Home Ownership
Land reform key to poverty alleviation – President Yar’Adua
Nov 18, 2009, 12:15
| | President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua on November 16 said that his Administration viewed land reform as key to poverty alleviation in the country.
Receiving an interim report from the Presidential Technical Committee on Land Reform in his office, the President described land reform as “as an exercise of great importance,” stressing that “it is going to open new economic opportunities to all Nigerians.”
He reiterated Government’s commitment to fully carry out land reform in the country, noting that “it is part of the 7-Point Agenda of this Administration.”
Expressing delight that the Report came just in time to be accommodated in the 2010 Appropriation Bill, the President commended the Committee for its commitment to the assignment.
The Chairman of the Committee, Prof. Akin Mabogunje had said that the Committee decided to keep the President abreast of its work, hence the presentation of an interim report after seven months of its inauguration.
Prof Mabogunje stated that his Committee had consulted “critical stakeholders” such as State Governors and members of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON).
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