El-rufai names prominent beneficiaries of Sch land grabs, approves over N378M for 1st phase of compensation By; Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna.

El-rufai names prominent beneficiaries of Sch land grabs, approves over N378M for 1^st phase of compensation
 By;  Abdull-Azeez Ahmed Kadir, Kaduna.
Kaduna State Government has unveiled thirty eight names of prominent individuals who are beneficiaries of the state school land grabs that led to the demolition of structures to reclaim the lands, among them the state serving Commissioner of Education  with the approval of about 400 million naira to be paid as compensation in the first phase.
The list contained the names of 38 individuals, among them former Military Governor, former Minister, several former State Lawmakers and politicians with fifteen out of the nineteen with properties at Rimi College carve-out whose developed property are evaluated to get the compensation.
In a Statement issued by Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to Governor Nasir Ahmad El-rufai, Mr Samuel Aruwan, the government said “The recovery exercise is now being implemented in Rimi College, Kaduna. Founded in 1941 as Saint John’s College, the school occupies 24.387 hectares of prime land. Three governments eventually excised a total of 3.19 hectares, which they gave to private individuals. The school also lost its students’ hostels which were converted to offices for some state and federal agencies.”
The statement added that the government is determined to restore the College as a boarding school and relocation notices have been sent to the state and federal agencies occupying the school premises. It explained that the private land owners have also been served notices of revocation and those who have valid titles and development approvals are having their properties valued for the purposes of compensation.
The 19 property whose valuation processes have been concluded are the ones to get the sum of N378, 357, 752.00 as compensation for the first phase approved by the State Executive Council meeting of 16 November 2015. The statement expatiated that more compensation payments will be considered as other property are valued and the titleholders given replacement plots of land.
“In the interest of transparency, the Government considers it prudent to publish the names of the individuals that were allocated plots of land within Rimi College by previous administrations. The Government is aware that some of the 38 beneficiaries of the allocations took no steps to develop their plots because they had reservations about building on school property.  Government hopes that our elite would subscribe to a consensus that preserves and respects the integrity of social assets like schools and hospitals” the statement prayed.
The allottees got the parcels of lands under three different administrations in the state. The first allocation was done in 1999 under the military government of then Colonel Umar Farouk Ahmed and the plot address, size, number and beneficiaries are;
 

 
 
The Second Allocation in 2012 was done by the government of now late Sir Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa with the following beneficiaries and lands;
 

 
The Third and last Allocation was done between 2013 and 2015 by the government of the immediate past Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero with the following allotted lands and personalities.
 

 
The first phase of approved compensation to individuals and amount are;