The Anambra State Government has set to embark on massive revocation of the Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), of all land owners who fail to remit the statutory ground rents for properties in the State. The State Commissioner for LANDS, Prof. Offornze Amucheazi, gave the hint, while briefing Journalists in Awka, over the weekend.
According to Prof. Amucheazi, the July 31st deadline is coming after an earlier release by the Ministry on the 5th of July, 2022. The release stated the relevant sections of the Land Use act mandating the payment of the ground rent to government. The ground rent is an annual fee payable to government by owners of landed properties. He noted that the ground rent is a major revenue source to the State Government backed by extant laws with appropriate punishments for defaulters, including the revocation of the C of O of such properties.