The Anambra State Government has announced a statewide process to identify dilapidated buildings and notify occupants before demolishing structures assessed as unsafe.

The original statement supplied to Anambra Socials was credited to Ruth Orji of the Ministry of Information and Value Reformation. A separate report by Anambra People on 15 October quotes the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Chijioke Ojukwu, on the identification and notice process.

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Notice and demolition arrangements

According to the commissioner’s account reported by Anambra People, the ministry is compiling a register across local government areas and issuing affected occupants 14 days to leave. The report says the ministry may proceed with evacuation and demolition after non-compliance and seek recovery of demolition costs from owners.

The locations identified in that account include Iweka Road and Bida Street in Onitsha, and Hundred Foot Road in Nnewi. Their inclusion does not mean every building on those roads has been condemned.

Safety context

The announcement follows wider concern about building safety. In a separate report on 9 October, Channels Television described the deaths of a woman and her daughter after a building under construction collapsed onto a neighbouring home in Okpoko. That incident is background to the public-safety concern, not proof that any particular occupied property elsewhere is unsafe.

What affected occupants need to establish

A notice should be read for the specific property, issuing authority, date and action requested. The reported policy should not be mistaken for confirmation that every affected household has already received notice or that demolition has taken place.

The article does not reproduce the full Physical Planning Law or establish the legal status of an individual property. Affected owners and occupants should obtain the relevant assessment and written notice, and seek clarification from the issuing ministry about the building concerned.

The public-interest questions remain the quality of structural assessments, notice procedures, safe evacuation and the effect on residents and businesses. Anambra Socials has not independently audited the statewide register or confirmed how many properties have completed the process.

Sources and reporting basis

External reports provide the context identified above; they do not independently verify every statement in submitted footage.

Editorial update, 19 October 2026: Added corroborating reporting, clarified the property-specific notice process and separated a related collapse from the statewide announcement.