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Three-year jail term awaits land extortionists in Rivers
July 20, 2010 African Examiner
''People are running away because of all these unnecessary things which bear all shades
of names like “matching ground, bush entry, youth and community levy etc''. Governor
Chibuke Amaechi stated this while signing Rivers State Land Use Prohibition and Extortion
Bill No. 5 of 2010 into law.
The Law prescribes among other things three years imprisonment without an option of
fine, for anyone found culpable of contravening the provisions of the Law, which according
to the Governor is pro-business oriented.
The bill will help to protect property developers, and those who do businesses in the state
from fraudulent people who sell a parcel of land to two or more persons, or extort money
from their victims under false pretences.
''We need to send some people to prison to allow for operation of free business activities
in the state'' the governor said.
Governor Amaechi who assented to the Law and four others yesterday in Port Harcourt
said he would personally oversee the implementation of the Law to check the activities of
those who disturb property owners, or sell a parcel of land to two or more persons.
The Governor disclosed that he would soon set up a Committee comprising of Lawyers
from the Ministry of Justice, Police Officers and Military Officers, that would go round the
state looking for people who are trying to stop those engaged in business activities, while
the office of the Attorney General would harmonize all existing tax laws in the state to avoid
double taxation.
On the Rivers State Statistics Law, which was a private member bill, Governor Amaechi
said it would help to take care of the problems of lack of accurate date in our system,
adding, no proper planning can take place without adequate statistics, emphasizing that
“figures and data appears to be a problem in the country, and we were happy when we
learnt that the Assembly had initiated such a bill”.
Governor Amaechi said he was excited over the Finance Control and Management Law,
which he said would make for accountability, and challenged the State Assembly to pass
the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, which was sent to them many months ago, which is geared to
further check corruption in the state.
The Governor thanked the Speaker of the State Assembly and members of the House for
their Commitment towards the passage of the Laws that had been signed, and expressed
hope that it would help to promote development in the state.
The five bills signed into Law include Rivers State University of Education Amendment Law
No. 2 of 2010, State Statistics Law No. 3 of 2010, Land use Prohibition and Extortion Law
No. 5 of 2010, Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Law No. 6 of 2010, and Rivers State
Finance Control and Management Law 2010.
Sent in by Gentle C. Woke, Port Harcourt
July 20, 2010 African Examiner
''People are running away because of all these unnecessary things which bear all shades
of names like “matching ground, bush entry, youth and community levy etc''. Governor
Chibuke Amaechi stated this while signing Rivers State Land Use Prohibition and Extortion
Bill No. 5 of 2010 into law.
The Law prescribes among other things three years imprisonment without an option of
fine, for anyone found culpable of contravening the provisions of the Law, which according
to the Governor is pro-business oriented.
The bill will help to protect property developers, and those who do businesses in the state
from fraudulent people who sell a parcel of land to two or more persons, or extort money
from their victims under false pretences.
''We need to send some people to prison to allow for operation of free business activities
in the state'' the governor said.
Governor Amaechi who assented to the Law and four others yesterday in Port Harcourt
said he would personally oversee the implementation of the Law to check the activities of
those who disturb property owners, or sell a parcel of land to two or more persons.
The Governor disclosed that he would soon set up a Committee comprising of Lawyers
from the Ministry of Justice, Police Officers and Military Officers, that would go round the
state looking for people who are trying to stop those engaged in business activities, while
the office of the Attorney General would harmonize all existing tax laws in the state to avoid
double taxation.
On the Rivers State Statistics Law, which was a private member bill, Governor Amaechi
said it would help to take care of the problems of lack of accurate date in our system,
adding, no proper planning can take place without adequate statistics, emphasizing that
“figures and data appears to be a problem in the country, and we were happy when we
learnt that the Assembly had initiated such a bill”.
Governor Amaechi said he was excited over the Finance Control and Management Law,
which he said would make for accountability, and challenged the State Assembly to pass
the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, which was sent to them many months ago, which is geared to
further check corruption in the state.
The Governor thanked the Speaker of the State Assembly and members of the House for
their Commitment towards the passage of the Laws that had been signed, and expressed
hope that it would help to promote development in the state.
The five bills signed into Law include Rivers State University of Education Amendment Law
No. 2 of 2010, State Statistics Law No. 3 of 2010, Land use Prohibition and Extortion Law
No. 5 of 2010, Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Law No. 6 of 2010, and Rivers State
Finance Control and Management Law 2010.
Sent in by Gentle C. Woke, Port Harcourt