Rivers State Government has threatened to seal off the secretariat of Accord Party, located at No 5 Ndoni Street in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, the state capital, over an alleged change of the use of the property from residential to semi-public.
The State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development in a notice addressed to the party chairman in Rivers and signed by the Commissioner, Austin Ben-Chioma, ordered the party to revert to the original use of the property or risk being sealed off.
In the notice, the government noted that the alleged change of the use or purpose of the property located at No 5 Ndoni Street in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt without authorization from the Ministry, violates Article 43 of the Land Use Regulation 2010 of the Rivers State Official Gazette No. 1 Volume 48 of 25th January, 2012 and the Executive Order 22 of 2022.
The government further noted that the unilateral change of use of the building is constituting nuisance to residents in the area.
The ministry, therefore, ordered the party to revert to the original use of the property within seven days or risk being sealed off.
