Inauguration of Surveillance Committee

In accordance with the Oshimili North LGA Public and Private Properties Protection Byelaw 2023, the Executive Chairman of Oshimili North Council Area, Hon. Innocent Esewezie, today Inaugurated the Oshimili North LGA Surveillance Central Working Committee at the Council Secretariat, Akwukwu-Igbo.

The Committee is composed as follows;
▪️ Executive Council Chairman as Committee Chairman
▪️Divisional Police Officers from all Divisional Police Stations in ONLGA (Akwukwu-Igbo, Illah, Ibusa Okpanam) as head of each Committee Unit
▪️A Representative of the Nigeria Army, Security and Civil Defense Corps and DSS
▪️A Town Planning Officer from the Council
▪️Members appointed by the Council Chairman;
Mr Joseph Ijeh
Mr Ifeanyi Eze
Comrade Lucky Okolo
Hon. Pino Aniemeke
Hon. Chief Emeka Okeleke
Chief Ugochima
Chief Ikechukwu Iwegbu and
Mr Cyril Ajuziam

The Committee’s Terms of Reference is as stated below;

i. To intervene and settle land disputes in a timely manner, using Alternative Dispute Resolution methods available at the Delta State Multi Door Court where necessary.

ii. To ensure that land acquisition within the local government complies with the developmental master plan or framework set out by the local government.

iii. To ensure that all land acquisitions and transactions thereto conform with the extant regulations and laws.

iv. To provide a data base of available land resources in the local government and provide the requisite enforcement regime for land registration in the local government.
v. To carry out a detailed census of all acquired land resources in the local government for purposes of issuance of Customary Rights of Occupancy to purchasers of same.

vi. To provide useful information on all laws and regulations concerning land resources in the local government to the public.

vii. To identify deviants who break laws within the local government as it concerns its land resources and provide said information to the relevant authorities for prosecution.