IBADAN, Oyo State, Nigeria — The Oyo State Government has paid more than ₦5.35 billion in compensation to 578 property owners affected by the first segment of the Ibadan Circular Road.
The Executive Adviser on New Towns and Cities, Mrs Mofoluke Adebiyi, disclosed the payments in a statement issued by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Doctor Suleimon Olanrewaju, on Sunday in Ibadan, according to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The payments cover properties affected by the 32.2-kilometre segment of the road, which runs from the Abiola Ajimobi Technical University axis along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, through Ona Ara, to Badeku Junction in Egbeda Local Government Area.
Adebiyi said 378 claimants under the Right of Way category and 200 under the Omission category had been compensated. The payments followed the screening of claims and the execution of Deeds of Indemnity by the affected property owners. Governor Seyi Makinde approved ₦3.86 billion for Right of Way claimants and ₦1.81 billion for Omission claimants.
The Governor also reduced the road setback from 150 metres to 75 metres in built-up areas, following appeals from residents, Adebiyi said.
The compensation exercise is still ongoing. Adebiyi said 263 Right of Way claimants and 35 Omission claimants had yet to appear for payment. She said 16 payments had failed because of discrepancies between beneficiaries’ names and their bank account details, and that the state was working to resolve them.
Compensation for affected properties has featured in several road and transport projects across Nigeria. In Lagos, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority began compensating more than 180 landlords in April 2023 over the Agbado Train Station and the Red Line stabling yard, and later began compensating residents and businesses along the Quality Bus Corridor from Yaba to Cele in October 2024. Kaduna State allocated ₦3.5 billion in August 2025 to compensate property owners affected by road projects across its 23 local government areas. In May 2025, the Federal Government disclosed that it had paid ₦18 billion in compensation to property owners affected by the first section of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.
