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Nigeria: Kwara govt pays N569m compensation for Smart City land acquisition

Nigeria: Kwara govt pays N569m compensation for Smart City land acquisition

Africa Links 24 with Biola Azeez
Published on 2025-08-26 15:36:19

The Kwara State Government, on Tuesday, presented over N569 million in cheques to members of the community as the first phase of compensation for the 19,300 hectares of land acquired for the state’s Smart City project.

Speaking during the cheque presentation in Ilorin on Tuesday, the Chairman of the Kwara State Geographic Information Services (KwGIS), ESV Suleiman Babatunde, said the Smart City project, as conceived by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq two years ago, aimed to bring…

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