Lagos to follow suit as Enugu govt. moves to stop outrageous rent

Lagos to follow suit as Enugu govt. moves to stop outrageous rent

Lagos State will quickly interfere to alter the outrageous residence lease and different expenses required from tenants to lease a residence withinside the state.

Jubril A. Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Lagos State Governor, disclosed this on X.

He shared a duplicate of a invoice withinside the Enugu State House of Assembly which seeks to vicinity a cap on immoderate lease prices in thr South Eastern State.

In his caption, Gawat wrote: “Lagos … Coming Soon.

“A Very sturdy trouble however should be nicely mentioned and implemented, after deliberation via way of means of the Lagos House of Assembly.”

This comes because the Enugu State House of Assembly is thinking about a invoice to adjust enterprise and felony charges for tenancy agreements, and to prohibit warning charges charged via way of means of landlords.

Following lawsuits approximately tenant exploitation, the invoice , titled “A Bill for a Law to Amend the Landlord and Tenant Law, CAP. 101, Laws of Enugu State, 2024,” changed into backed via way of means of Hon. Okey Mbah, representing Nkanu East State Constituency, underwent its first analyzing on Tuesday.

The proposed law seeks to cap enterprise and felony charges at 10% of the hire and abolish warning charges — prices imposed on tenants via way of means of landlords which are not often refunded on the quit of the tenancy.

Section 3(3) of the proposed regulation states: “With impact from the graduation of this regulation and however any provisions in different enactments, agent charges accountable for shopping any lodging withinside the country shall now no longer exceed 10% of the hire payable via way of means of the potential tenant.”

Similarly, Section 3(4) provides: “No tenant will be required to pay any in addition top class in obtaining lodging besides for a felony price payable to a certified felony practitioner for the instruction of the owner and tenant agreement, which shall now no longer exceed 10% of the hire .”

Violations of the regulation , as soon as enacted, may be punishable via way of means of a first-class of N500,000, a six-month jail term, or both.

The invoice additionally pursuits to defend tenants from forced, irregular, and fraudulent evictions via way of means of organising legally described eviction timelines and word periods