The Enugu State House of Assembly has directed the Provost, Enugu State College of Education to suspend the salary of her staff, Dr. Kate Okolo as a punitive measure.
The directive was a resolution reached by the House of Assembly’s Special Committee on Land Conflicts.
In a press release signed by the House’s Public Relations Officer, Uzoamaka Agbo, the Enugu State House of Assembly waded into the decade-long land fraud scheme wherein Dr. Okolo was alleged to have swindled hundreds of College staff and residents.
Chairman of the Special Committee on Lands Conflicts, Anthony Okechukwu Mba (member representing Nkanu East Local Government Area) condemned the act, describing it as rampant land grabbing, racketeering, and fraudulent land sales.
The Special Committee was set up to investigate the matter when the lawmakers received petitions from staff of the Enugu State College of Education and members of the public.
“The petitions named late Mrs. Ugoma Adaeze Ndibisi and Dr. Kate Okolo — former President and Secretary of the Women in College of Education Organization (WICE) — as masterminds of questionable land deals.”
“According to victims, the WICE leadership introduced “WICE Land” between 2009 and 2011 and urged staff to market plots to colleagues, friends, and family, promising token commissions per sale; the victims still have the receipts of payment.”
“But after Mrs. Ndibisi’s death, Dr. Okolo allegedly renamed the land from Ukano to Ukano Bold, increased prices, reduced plot sizes, and began denying original buyers access, insisting they never paid.”
The victims, in a bid to secure their investment, filed the petition, which led to a one-day public hearing organized by the House of Assembly. There, they recounted 13 years of frustration over their inability to take possession of the land despite having paid in full.
Although past and present leaders of the College of Education who attended the public hearing on the petition said the institution had not received any formal complaint on the matter before then, the Special Committee Chairman, however, promised the petitioners that the committee’s probe will continue until the dispute is resolved.
“In its first major resolution, the committee directed the Provost of the institution to suspend Dr. Kate Okolo’s salary until further notice. The panel said the action was necessary to show the Assembly’s resolve to sanitize land administration and restore public confidence.”
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