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Accommodation: Enugu Residents Protest Hike In House Rent, Agent Fee

…Appeal for government intervention
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   BY JUDE OSSAI / ENUGU
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Scores of Enugu residents on Thursday took to the major streets in Enugu, protesting the high cost of rent in the metropolis.
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The protest which was led by Comrade Kindness Jonah of the Civil Liberties Organisation, (CLO) led the protesters carrying placards with inscriptions, “High rent in Enugu, no lawyer fee; high rent in Enugu, no agency fee; high rent in Enugu, stop legal fee, management and caution fee; no agency fee, no lawyer’s fee, among others.
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Speaking to newsmen after the peaceful demonstration, the Spokesman of the protesters, Comrade Kindness Jonah, said that they are against hike in rent in Enugu which is getting beyond the reach of the common man.
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Jonah lamented, “After squeezing yourself to pay the house rent which is at the high side, the tenant will as well pay extra N500,000:00 for lawyer’s fee, agent, management and caution fee before getting access to the apartment.”
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“By this demonstration today, we are saying that rents in Enugu are too high due to lawyers fee, agency fees.
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“A landlord does not need agency.  A landlord does not need a lawyer.  A landlord should write his agreement in common English.  Go and buy seal in high court and put it there.
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“Agree with the tenant and that is how it used to be before but now the lawyers came into the scenario and hiked the rent, so that a landlord whether he needs a lawyer or not will charge lawyers fee and agent fee,” he said and asked the governor to intervene.
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“Enugu State Government needs to intervene because the money is too much. The House of Assembly should sit up and enact a law to reduce the rent increase,” he stated.

Editor
Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.
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Jude Ossai (JP) a veteran journalist is a National Diploma holder in Mass Communication from Ogwashi-Uku Polytechnic Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State. He also studied at Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Enugu and Imo State University, Owerri for his first and second degrees in Mass Communication, respectively. He writes extensively on politics, crime, corruption, climate change, healthcare, human rights, social justice, among others.
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