Music House
The Oyo State Government says the demolition notice given to the Music House, which houses Fresh FM, Ibadan, owned by a popular Juju musician, Yinka Ayefele, was not based on witch-hunting.
The station, through its Director of Corporate Affairs and Promotions, David Ajiboye, had earlier raised an alarm that the station has been given a three-day notice to vacate the building and remove the structure or risk its removal by the government.
But, the government while insisting that such contravention notices have been given and served to different organizations in the state since June 14, 2017, including all radio stations in the state.
Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Toye Arulogun in a statement on Wednesday stated that property owners in the state were deviating from the originally approved building plans without seeking physical planning approvals from the Oyo State Bureau of Physical Planning and Development Control.
The statement read; “The decision of the state government to demand for the building approved plan was not peculiar to Music House, Fresh Fm as several companies and institutions such as University of Ibadan, Kola Daisi University, University College Hospital, banks and radio stations in the state were asked to provide their Planning approval.
“The letter to Fresh FM was received by one Bamiduro Aderonke and a reminder letter dated 18th August 2017 was sent to the radio station to again request for the planning approval/permit for the Radio Station in line with the Oyo State Physical and Development Control laws in which the radio station was expected to forward the approved Building plan to the Bureau within seven days, noting that a copy of the letter was received by Adebisi Akinfunmi on the 21st of August 2017”.
He added; “The submitted building approval was actually meant for an office complex and not a radio station, thereby contravening the Oyo State Physical Planning and Development Control laws, sections 30, 31 and 32 of the Oyo State Physical Planning and Urban Development Law of 2012.”