(Ecofin Agency) - Ivorian Minister for urbanism and construction Management Sancho has inaugurated last Monday in Assume, in the South-East of the country, a single office to contain the “land-related pressure” under which the coastal town presently is, APA reported.

Headed by Marcelino Jonah, the decentralized structure should help according to the Minister “bring administration closer to the people of the region for a better handling of deed requests”. The desk should also contribute to the securing of urban land plots, by alleviating and orienting procedures related to deed processing.

Minister Sancho added that the government, by opening this new office, which is the 73rd across the territory, opts for efficiency and pragmatism. From one desk, we went to 73 across the territory. “This method has proven to be highly effective,” he said.

The commissioning of the new desk is part of government's efforts to sanitize land management in the country.

Souha Touré