The Ogun State Government, through its Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, has announced a three-month amnesty for property owners who built without the required planning permits, allowing them to regularise their documents with reduced penal fees.
The commissioner in the ministry, TPL Olatunji Odunlami, disclosed this on Friday at a press conference, adding that the amnesty will run from November 1 to January 31, 2026.
According to him, the concession covers residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and mixed-use projects, noting that anyone who regularises their development within the period will receive a 50 per cent reduction in standard penal fines.
He explained that the initiative, approved by Governor Dapo Abiodun, is aimed at improving compliance with the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law, easing year-end financial pressure on property owners, and strengthening the state’s planning database for improved infrastructure development.
Odunlami said, “On the 1 November 2025, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun CON, MFR, Governor Ogun State approved the commencement of an amnesty programme which provides a window of opportunity for those who have built without obtaining planning permit as required by the Ogun State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law and its Regulations, to regularise the illegality by obtaining their permit and enjoy 50 per cent reduction in the applicable penal fees for such developments.
“These include residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and mixed-use developments, and all other categories of physical developments covered by the law and regulations.
“The amnesty programme will run for a period of three months, ending January 31, 2026.”
However, the ministry warned that violations of road and highway setback regulations will no longer be tolerated, as main corridors have been encroached upon by shanties, temporary stalls, containers, signage and even truck parks, posing public safety risks and causing drainage problems.
Odunlami further urged property owners whose plots face expressways and major highways in the state to seek the ministry’s assistance in removing such unauthorised developments.
DAILY POST reports that affected highways include the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway from Berger Bridge at the Lagos boundary to Onigari at the Oyo State boundary; the Abeokuta–Sagamu Interchange Highway (Muhammadu Buhari Expressway); and the Sagamu Interchange–Ajebandele corridor, which marks the Ogun–Ondo State boundary on the Sagamu–Benin Expressway.
Others are the Lagos–Abeokuta Highway from Ota Toll Gate to Bakatari, the Ogun–Oyo State boundary; Papalanto–Sagamu Interchange; Ijebu-Ode–Mojoda (Epe) Highway; Ogijo–Sagamu Highway; and other major roads and streets across the state.
The amnesty and setback-clearing exercises are being coordinated from the Oke-Mosan headquarters in Abeokuta and the 32 zonal planning offices across Ogun State.