{"id":5539,"date":"2023-01-11T09:39:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T08:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=5539"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T08:39:27","slug":"ekiti-moves-to-resolve-boundary-dispute-with-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/ekiti-moves-to-resolve-boundary-dispute-with-kogi\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekiti Moves to Resolve Boundary Dispute with Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Adewumi Ademiju<\/span><\/p>\n \n The Ekiti State government yesterday moved to resolve the boundary dispute between it and Kogi State.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dispute is between Ilasa Ekiti in Ekiti State and Alu community, in Kogi State. The Ekiti State government urged the two communities to give peace a chance and allow the Federal Government handle the issue.<\/p>\n \n The state government\u2019s decision was predicated on a letter dated 17th October, 2022, which was addressed to Governor Biodun Oyebanji from the National Boundary Commission (NBC) and was signed by the Director, Internal Boundaries, Mr U. N. Emiowele.<\/p>\n \n Also yesterday, the deputy governor set up a 10-man Boundary Resolution Technical Committee to resolve another boundary dispute lingering between Esure and Ilomu Ekiti, in Irepodun\/Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n \n Membership of the technical committee includes the Permanent Secretary, Deputy Governor\u2019s Office, Mr. Abayomi Opeyemi, the Executive Secretary, Surveyor Olalekan Olajide, Ekiti State Boundary Commission, the Ekiti State Acting Surveyor-General, Surveyor Adebayo Faleto, a representative from the Ministry of Justice and three representatives from each of the two feuding communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Adewumi Ademiju The Ekiti State government yesterday moved to resolve the boundary dispute between it and Kogi…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[826,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-5539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-ekiti","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"\n