Togbin Zone 4, portion of 20 hectares thawed and refrozen: 215 owners demand justice

The population of Togbin Daho cries for help in the face of what they call “injustice”. About 215 owners will be dispossessed of their plots even though they have spent millions to obtain them. Faced with this lamentable and difficult situation to live with, the victims demand justice from President Talon.

Indeed, buyers of plots in the area 4 of Togbin on the north side thawed (of the Sonagnon fire at the ALOUGBINE Dine theater school on the North side) in the Council of Ministers on 29 avril 2020 which costs and costs certain authorities try to deceive public opinion by including in 60 hectares already taken, these 20 hectares that they want to share when often, they never give clarification but talk about 80 hectares. According to the plaintiffs, the session “payment of affected people is a staging, an orchestrated comedy if those responsible do not clearly mention that none of the owners and alleged owners of the Togbin Daho crossroads area at the theater school have agreed to be compensated in this unconstitutional way in article 22 of the constitution of Benin ». Car, They believe they have acquired their plots and invested their savings with authorization from the Council of Ministers of 29 Avril 2020. Likewise, they insist that “it is important to dissociate the 20Ha (from the Togbin Daho zone to the ALOUGBINE Dine theater school) included in the 80Ha. The 60 Ha having already been declared of public utility by the decree of 2005 and further clarified by that of 29 Avril 2020 ». Even better, the owners and alleged owners were at the hearing of the Constitutional Court on 27 June date of said reimbursement.

But the real victims were forced to see in a televised element “a so-called representative of the affected people” but unknown to almost all of the owners.. The latter proclaim loudly and clearly that they are represented by people who represent them everywhere and are known to ministries and other institutions.. In view of all this, it is important that the charade maintained stops. The file is at the Constitutional Court, “the representatives of the owners and presumed owners are easily identifiable”, they emphasize.

In sum , it is therefore important that public opinion be taken as witness and informed of the practices used by certain people with the sole aim of appropriating plots of land from honest Beninese citizens and taxpayers.. It was thanks to the 4th round that I realized the difference, how to understand that plots paid to 20.000.000 and 30.000.000 CFA (it depends on the position of the plot) the state is trying to take away their land 1.750.000 cfa the plot is 5000 CFA per m2 ; respect it the article 22 of the constitution which requires in the event of expropriation fair and prior compensation ? We mention the reason of public utility while these plots would be for resale to other citizens. The evil, people are subject to diktat. The owners, however, have decided to go all the way regardless of the financial means it will cost them so that justice is done..

The opposition addresses questions to the Beninese government

Faced with this conflicting situation, Gafari Adéchokan, the elected representative of the Democrats party, and his colleagues, addressed some oral questions without debate to the government on these land expropriations. It's about : 1- What justifies this about-face by the Beninese state in the TOGBIN DAHO case? ? ; 2-Why this sudden revival of interest in Togbin beach and the area 4 while just not far away, exists a vast area of ​​the state larger and larger than the area 4 capable of housing any large-scale project ? ; 3-Depending on what criteria does the Government plan to compensate buyers in the TOGBIN area ? ; 4- What projects are planned for the TOGBIN area as part of this expropriation process? ? ; 5- Why buyers with the means are not taken into account as part of the investment plan to be implemented in this expropriation process ? 6-Finally, what justifies this weakening of property rights in our country? ?

Patrice ADJAHO