No fraud in Ministry of Land and Water Resources- Commissioner
The Ministry of Land and Water Resources has insisted that there is no fraud in the Ministry.
The Commissioner of the Ministry, Arc Ime Ekpo stated this while addressing newsmen at NUJ Press Centre, Uyo.
Arc Ekpo pointed out that there is no iota of truth in the media report alledging massive fraud in the Ministry and enjoined members of the public to disregard the story.
Entitled massives fraud engulfs Lands Ministry”, the report claimed Akwa Ibom public have been using syndicates from Ministry of Lands to fraudulently acquire public properties all over the state.
Syndicates are running mad in the Ministry of Lands & Town Planning, Akwa Ibom State, over a vast landed property recently acquired and sealed off for private use.
It particuarly singled out the landed asset at 67 Oron Road, Uyo, as well “the land which empties into Nyong Essien area”, accusing “disgruntledelements in the system, who use public fund to acquire properties but choose to accuse innocent people, while hiding their identities.”
“Documents obtained from the Ministry shows that the land was bought in 2019 by one Dr. Usen Ita Uwa with the sum of one hundred and sixty million naira (N160,000,000) only.
Further investigations show that the name Usen Ita Uwa was not real as officials of the ministry were reportedly involved in scandalous deals,” the report claimed.
But Arc Ekpo dismissed the allegation as untrue, stressing that “one Itam Uwah from be Itam” remains the authentic owner of the land in question as contained in the Ministry’s document.
He expressed the determination of the Ministry of Lands and Water Resources to continue to manage government lands in the interest of the people.
