Ondo State Government has expressed its commitment to educating residents on the importance of Home Ownership Charter of Ondo State (HOCOS), a newly established agency in the State.
The scheme is a novel initiative of the State Government aimed at ensuring that every residents who owns residential property has proper and genuine title documents to their properties.
During the awareness programme held on Friday at Ikare and Akungba Akoko, residents were urged to embrace the scheme, noting that it will give opportunity to individuals who built their properties without the state government’s approval or titles to secure a Certificate of Occupancy.
Reeling out other benefits of the scheme, the Coordinator of Ondo State Internal Revenue Tax Education and Enlightenment Team, Adeniyi Adejoro, said HOCOS would allow homeowners take proper documentation and regularization of their properties' legal status.
He added that this would as well provide adequate data for government to falicitate provision of basic amenities and strategic planing of essential services.
Adejoro, who also stated that the scheme has abrogated the interminable and strenuous processes of obtaining C-of-O with huge money, stressed that the process is now undemanding unlike before.
He also allayed the fear entrenched the minds of the residents, saying government is not on a revenge mission, adding that penalties and fines associated with their initial failure to do the needful would be waived.
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