Edo State Government, during the week, unveiled a three month-time limit period for processing and issuing building plan approvals to prospective land developers.
The plan which was rolled out by the State Ministry of Physical Panning and Urban Development, is part of the Obaseki administration’s efforts to unlock the socio-economic benefits in the housing sector.
According to the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Hon. Erimona Edorodion Oye, the new procedure will ensure “that all applications for building permits do not exceed three months which is in line with the provisions of the Nigerian Urban and Regional Planning Law, Decree no. 88 of 1992.”
Hon. Oye urged all those who have ongoing/pending building plans to submit all the necessary documents required so that they can be processed.
“Any pending building plan approval application in the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development that does not have the necessary documentation required and that has exceeded three months, come December 30, 2017, shall be deemed to have expired and approval will be denied/rejected,” he warned.
The commissioner assured of the state government’s readiness to begin the issuance of building permits within three months.
