Lands Ministry to help formalise squatter settlements on state land

The Ministry of Lands is fully committed to working in partnership with other ministries and agencies to help formalise squatter settlements on state land.

Lands and Mineral Resources Minister Mereseini Vuniwaqa said most of these people who live in these settlements have done so for generations.

Vuniwaqa said they will develop these areas by providing infrastructure that most of the people living in towns and cities take for granted.

She added that one of their first tasks is to review the existing legislative framework to see where they can improve the laws, regulations and policies that govern the management of state land, foreshore and the land deposited in the land bank.