The Delta State Government has inaugurated a new taskforce under the State Committee on Ground Rent to enforce compliance with land and property regulations across the state. The initiative, tagged Operation Show Your Title Document, is aimed at ensuring that all structures under development are duly approved by relevant authorities.
Speaking during the inauguration at the Ministry of Finance conference room in Asaba on Friday, the State Commissioner for Finance and Chairman of the Ground Rent Committee, Chief Fidelis Tilije, clarified that the exercise was not designed to witch-hunt property owners. Instead, he said, the focus is to strictly implement the state’s master plan and guarantee rightful land ownership.
“The exercise will help us tackle the menace of illegal structures and ensure that our towns and cities are properly planned,” Tilije stated.
Also addressing the press, the Executive Director (Operations) of the Delta State Internal Revenue Service and Secretary of the Ground Rent Committee, Barr. Frank Nwugo, explained that property owners would be required to present documents such as approved building plans, registered survey plans, Certificates of Occupancy (where available), updated ground rent payment receipts, and other relevant papers.
Nwugo noted that additional requirements would be announced in due course, urging Deltans to prepare ahead of the implementation. He further revealed that the exercise would officially commence on September 16, 2025, and called on residents to fully cooperate with the taskforce officials, led by Mr. Ewesuedo Eddy.
The operation is expected to strengthen urban development control, promote revenue generation through ground rent compliance, and bring sanity to land administration in the state.
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