BENIN CITY – Edo State House of Assembly has adopted a resolution
urging the state government to immediately revoke the instrument of
sale, Certificate of Occupancy and Deed of Assignment connected with the
sale of Agbede/Warrake Farms to Delt-R (Nig.) Limited.
The adoption of the resolution was sequel to the
consideration of the report of the House Standing Committee on
Agriculture and Natural Resources on a Petition titled: “alleged sale of
Agbede farms” signed by one Sylvanus Oninkena Esq for S.Y. Ono and Co,
on behalf of Agbede Community.
According to the 12-point findings of the report,
the Agbede/Warrake farm before its disposal to Delt-R Nigeria Limited
was an Agro-based farm covering 7,656.15 hectares and sold by the
defunct Bendel State Military Administration headed by Colonel John
Innienger to Delt-R (Nig) Limited for N3m with a Certificate of
Occupancies No. BDSR 6909 dated June 23rd 1995 and BDSR 877 dated July
22nd, 1981 of the defunct Bendel State.
A Deed of Assignment dated June 28, 1995 and
registered as No. 11 in volume 868 of the land Registry Benin City was
also issued to Delt-R (Nig) Limited while an expected yearly land rent
payment of N67,034 and other revised rent as contained in the terms of
agreement during the disposal of the farms were not fulfilled.
The consideration of the findings and
recommendations of the report of the House Standing Committee on
Agriculture on the petition at the Committee of Whole yesterday allowed
for the holistic adoption of the two-point recommendations of the
report.
Parliament following the consideration of the
recommendations, resolved that the state government should immediately
revoke the instrument of sale, Certificate of Occupancy and Deed of
Assignment for failure to comply with terms of agreement as well as upon
the revocation of the farm, the state government should take possession
of the farms and all serviceable machinery and facilities that have
been in the state of neglect for over two decades owing to the period of
inactivity at the farms.
The Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon.
Uyi Igbe however directed that clean copies of the resolution be
forwarded to the Commissioner for Agriculture, Lands and Survey and the
state Governor for immediate action.
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