Yakasai Performs Foundation Laying Ceremony For Multi-Million PSN Towers

Chioma Umeha President of Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) on Friday performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the society’s multi-million naira eight-floor edifice tagged, “PSN Towers.” The ground breaking ceremony came after a long struggle by the PSN to retrieve the land located in the eyebrow area of Victoria Island in Lagos. The land which is estimated at 1,430 square metres was allocated to the society by the first Civilian Governor of Lagos, Alhaji Lateef Jakande at a time he was giving lands to professional bodies which applied for same. It was learnt that the development of the land was contracted to two different contractors on Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis but the contractors allegedly defaulted. It eventually became a matter of litigation as the case was taken to the Land Tribunal in Lagos. But when the President of PSN assumed the mantle of leadership, he explored every avenue to ensure the recovery of