Commissioner for information Paul Nwosu said in a statement that the ban stops youths from levying people carrying out construction work or improving on existing structures in any project site with appropriate titles in the state.
According to Nwosu, the decision was reached at the state executive council meeting on Thursday.
Nwosu stated that the act is illegal and runs foul of the Prohibition of Fraudulent Practices on Land and Property Law of 2012 “which prohibits illegal collection of fees on lands.’’
“Any person who demands or collects any fee not approved by law from any person who is developing or improving on an already existing property in the state shall be guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment for five years or to a fine of N500,000 or both,’’ he said.
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