President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that the Federal government might be forced to re-allocare projects elsewhere, if any government of state or local communities impose unnessary impediment on the allocation of land or the access to such land for federal projects.
This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by his media aide, Garba Shehu.
It read “The idea of chasing away contractors on-site or making undue demands from them by local communities or the deliberate actions of State governments to frustrate the allocation of lands for federal projects is an antithesis of the people’s welfare.
“Some communities in the states are frustrating the siting of federal projects in their areas by making impossible demands for land compensation on contractors and even chasing them away from site where they are unable to meet up.
“To compound matters, contractors kept away from site often make further demands on payment whenever they return to site.
“By denying Federal government lands for projects and creating unnecessary obstacles for the execution of these projects, it may be unfair to turn around and accuse the same Federal government of marginalising people in terms of projects allocation.
“When it comes to the welfare of the people, governments at all levels should be united by the common goal of improving the well being of the people, regardless of political affiliation.
“It is, therefore, impossible to spread Federal government projects when petty demands or politics is allowed to override the higher interest of the people”.
