Sentences with phrase «land grabbers»

Kazeem also disclosed that the State House of Assembly was in the process of passing a law that would exclusively deal with the activities of land grabbers by prescribing appropriate stiff punishment for offenders.

Speaking while inaugurating the Task Force, the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, said the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is determined to apply the full weight of the law to permanently address the issue, adding that the havoc and unrest being caused by land grabbers was no longer acceptable.

The State Government, through the Special Task Force on Land Grabbers set up by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode's administration, had on June 16, 2017 arraigned Lamina and others before the court over alleged forceful dispossession of residents from their legitimate rights to land ownership.

The Green Belt Movement has for years been advocating to save riparian, watershed areas and green open spaces from land grabbers in Nairobi and many other parts of the country.

«The general public is please requested to be wary of the fact that the nefarious activities of land grabbers deliberately working with impostors in military uniform to defraud and dispossess unsuspecting land owners of their lands are now proliferated.

We will arrest and prosecute any identified land grabber.

He said, «Some high - profile land grabbers have been arrested and are being prosecuted.

A herd of cows take action to save their farm from falling into the hands of an evil land grabber in the movie Home on the Range.

Although an overzealous land grabber threatens Arthur and his granny, the real adventures begin for the young boy when he is transported to the land of the Invisibles.

Also speaking, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights lawyer, commended the state government on the passage of the law on land grabbers, saying it would alleviate the sufferings of land owners.

And because some of the countries where land is being acquired do not have enough land to adequately feed their own people, the stage is being set for future conflicts between the so - called land grabbers and hungry local people.

Government is determined to ensure that people who acquired property are protected from the activities of land grabbers.»

Since 2000, an area of fertile ground roughly twice the size of the UK has been seized by land grabbers and consolidated into large farms, generally growing crops for export rather than the food needed by the poor.»

«In recent years, land grabbers have caused havoc and unrest in different parts of the State by dispossessing legitimate land - owners of their properties thereby stifling commercial activities in the State.

He said, «We want to let people know that Ogun State will not be comfort zone for any criminal or so - called omo oniles (land grabbers).

It was learnt that the attackers, suspected to be land grabbers, stormed the neighbourhood on March 9, as the residents had initially disregarded the notices on the ground that they lawfully bought their property from one Akinyemi Ogundimu Family.

In Sudan «the local population is becoming increasingly dependent on food aid and international food subsidies,» because the land grabbers are pushing out small farming, according to D'Odorico's study.

And land grabbers are following his advice, buying up African farm and pasture land because, well, the world is going to run out of food, isn't it?

Then, the land grabbers at the USGS and the FWS determined that the «Gunnison sage - grouse» is a different species (not just a variety, as is the scientific reality) from the «greater sage - grouse,» and so took more land out of production.