Delta Technicians, Onitsha businessmen battle over mechanic village


Barely two weeks after the Delta state  government embarked on the construction of a mechanic village in Asaba the state capital, crisis has erupted over sales of forms to the highest bidders.

Association of the Auto-mechanic Technicians, Delta state chapter, has raised alarm that business moguls from the neighbouring Onitsha market in Ananbra state, had hijacked the process.

However, the special executive assistant to the governor on investment, Mr. Paul Nmah said that it was nothing but a figment of imagination of the association. While the association decried a move by the state government to sell the mechanic village under contraction without following the terms of agreement with the association, Nmah said the place was being built for artisans who would do genuine business.

The association's chairman, Mr. Ifeanyi Abanum, who lamented that the pact the association had with the governor had been jettisoned, wondering why the occupancy had been politicized.

He said:We have heard that forms are already on sale, and that was not our agreement with the state government. They agreed to build the mechanic village and allocate it at a subsidized price to the members of the association, but now, they have started selling forms. We own the land. It was donated by the community to the auto-mobile Technicians to be used as mechanic village since 1982. So, it is not government land. The state government only entered into partnership with a private firm to build the mechanic village and transfer it to government that will in turn deal with us. That was the initial agreement and not this madness going on right now"

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