{"id":6181,"date":"2017-09-11T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/miscreants-take-over-construction-sites-in-deltas-okpanam-community\/"},"modified":"2017-09-11T04:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T04:00:27","slug":"miscreants-take-over-construction-sites-in-deltas-okpanam-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/miscreants-take-over-construction-sites-in-deltas-okpanam-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Miscreants take over construction sites in Delta\u2019s Okpanam community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_410672\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1.jpg?resize=1280%2C719&#038;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/plugins\/ventra-lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif?ssl=1\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-974x547.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-600x337.jpg 600w\" class=\"size-full wp-image-410672 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-410672 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1.jpg?resize=1280%2C719&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-640x360.jpg 640w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-1062x598.jpg 1062w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-320x180.jpg 320w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-281x158.jpg 281w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-562x316.jpg 562w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-531x299.jpg 531w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-487x274.jpg 487w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-974x547.jpg 974w,https:\/\/guardian.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delta State. PHOTO: Information Nigeria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Property developments in Okpanam, a community near Asaba, the Delta state capital is suffering major set backs following take over of construction sites by miscreants.<\/p>\n<p>The Guardian learnt that continuous reported cases of intimidation, disruption of ongoing building projects, infliction of <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/how-to-avoid-workers-injuries\/\">injuries<\/a> and seizure of working tools of developers and workers is really affecting <a href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-center-nigeria\/\">housing<\/a> development in the area.<\/p>\n<p>It was learnt that youths from the community forcefully disrupt works at the project sites and illegally demand for development fee. The endless list of fees, property developers said come at every stage of construction, from foundation, lintel, decking, roofing, borehole, \u2018umuada\u2019 levy and students levy<\/p>\n<p>Recalling his experience, a developer, Mr. Chuks Okobah, said after paying thousands of naira on foundation stage, youths descended on his workers and stopped works on his site.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that some of the elders in the community were in support of the ugly act.<\/p>\n<p>Another victim, Mrs. Ngozi Emordi, a civil servant in the state, decried the seizure of the work tools of workers at the project sites by land speculators.<\/p>\n<p>The sad experience, she said, is frustrating and reducing the pace of growth and housing development in the state capital and environs.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, people are compelled to spend a lot of fund, more than they paid for acquiring the land, before completing their projects.<\/p>\n<p>Also narrating his ordeal, another developer, Mr. Chike Ike, lamented the act of vandalism and infamous trend of selling of a plot of land to multiple buyers, a fact, which has necessitated series of legal battles and, some time, death, out of frustration.<\/p>\n<p>Ike expressed vexation at the action and called for the intervention of state and the traditional rulers to sanitize the property development, adding that the activities were discouraging developers from investing in the affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner for Lands, Urban Development, Mr. Chika Ossai who confirmed the development, said measures are being taken by the government to ensure the \u201choodlums\u201d are brought to book. \u201cWe are working hard to eradicate the miscreants for peace to reign in Okpanam,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/guardian.ng\/property\/miscreants-take-over-construction-sites-in-deltas-okpanam-community\/\"> Guardian <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta State. PHOTO: Information Nigeria Property developments in Okpanam, a community near Asaba, the Delta state &hellip; <a title=\"Miscreants take over construction sites in Delta\u2019s Okpanam community\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/miscreants-take-over-construction-sites-in-deltas-okpanam-community\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Miscreants take over construction sites in Delta\u2019s Okpanam community<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[1403,2890,1398,1399,344,522,41,3126],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opportunities-in-new-markets","tag-buy","tag-construction","tag-developers","tag-development","tag-housing","tag-nigeria","tag-property","tag-property-developers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/delta-1.jpg?fit=1280%2C719&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6286,"url":"https:\/\/amazingproperty.com.ng\/blog\/property-market-developers-still-see-gloom-despite-exiting-economic-recession\/","url_meta":{"origin":6181,"position":0},"title":"Property market: Developers still see gloom despite exiting economic recession","author":"Amazing Property","date":"September 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"By\u00a0Kingsley Adegboye IN spite of the cheering news that the country is getting out of\u00a0 economic recession, the bleak outlook of the housing sector of the nation\u2019s economy will remain a major cause for concern for real estate developers and the survival of their businesses in the country. 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