By: Tonebsky Nesta
The Delta State government has vowed to tackle all legal and community issues bordering on land acquisition on the site of the ultra modern Warri Industrial Business Park, WIBP.
This hint was dropped Wednesday June 30 at the Governor’s office annexe in Warri by the Honourable Commissioner for Lands, Survey, Urban and Regional Development, Barr. Raymos Bolowei Guanah during a stakeholders meeting held with officials of Arco Petrochemical and representatives of different communities expected to host the multibillion naira project.
The commissioner explained that those with already existing structures at the area of the layout that is not in tandem with the plan of the Industrial park will be relocated. He revealed that the state government has already approached 3 valuers to deal with such issues so as to pay compensation to those who will be affected. While vowing that the state government does not intend to take anybody’s land by force, Barr. Guanah declared that those developing the site of the park are doing so at their own risk. He disclosed that the name of the project may be changed so as not to give any community undue advantages over the other, just as he promised continuous dialogue to address all vexing issues.
The Project Director of Warri Industrial Business Park, Helen Emore in a brief remark appealed to all concern to make the project realizable.
Indications that the location of the project may generate controversies emerged at the parley when representatives of some communities, mostly those in the creek line expressed displeasure at not being incorporated in the proposed project which is still at its prototype stage.
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