BY FESTUS AHON
UGHELLI – THE Delta State Government has denied media report, that it generated over N1.5 trillion as revenue from land related charges in the state in the last five years.
The state Commissioner for Lands, Survey and Urban Development, Mr Patrick Ferife, in a statement, yesterday, said: "I never gave such figure to the press as quoted by the media during the Ministry's media briefing in Asaba.
"I told journalists that the Ministry collected over N1.5bn as revenue for the state from 2007 to 2011 and not N1.5 trillion as quoted in the media."
Giving details of the revenue profile, he said; "in 2007, the Ministry collected for the state N90.2 million; in 2008, N135.8 million; in 2009, N300.4 million; in 2010, N543 million; in 2011, N554 milion, bringing the total amount to N1.5 billion.
"This refutal became necessary as I was quoted out of context by the media as well as the need to keep the records straight as the people had been misinformed."
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