GOVERNOR Ibikunle Amosu of Ogun State Wednesday ceded 500 hectares of agricultural land in Eggua, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State to Lagos State.
He also handed over Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) in respect of Iju Water Works located in Ifo Local Government Area of the state to Lagos State governor, Mr.Babatunde Raji Fashola.
Amosun and Fashola held a three-hour closed door meeting at the government House, Oke-Igbein, Abeokuta before governor Amosun presented the letter of transfer of ownership to Governor Fashola .
Addressing newsmen on the outcome of the meeting, the Deputy Chief of Staff to governor Amosun, Alhaji Shuaib Salisu, read the communiqué issued at the end of the meeting on behalf of the two governors.
The communiqué jointly signed by governors Raji Fashola and Ibikunle Amosun, agreed to continue deliberation on the Adiyan Water Works land area in Ifo Local Government.
The two governors also used the meeting to resolve disputes relating to 15 border areas along corridors of Sectors A and B which include Iregbo, Agbara, River Ilo, Iroko village, Isheri, Emuren, Ojodu,Akute, Ajuwon, Mojoda, Ogijo, Agbado, Alagbole, Iju and Ilogbo Eremi.
The communiqué read “the request for Agricultural Land by Lagos State Government has been granted and Letter of Allocation in respect of 500 hectares in Eggua (Yewa North LGA of Ogun State) was presented by H.E. Senator Ibikunle Amosun, FCA, to H.E. Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN.”