68 families of four settlements in Navua had a reason to smile today as they were given their Approval Notices for 99 year residential land leases.
These families are from the settlements of Vakacegu, Naitata, Tokotoko and Wainividio.
Minister for Lands Faiyaz Koya says these families will no longer have a hard time thinking about the legal status of their land.
Koya says some of the residents have lived in their homes for more than 40 years without the comfort and dignity of land ownership.
Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama presented the approval notices to the 68 families today.
Meanwhile, a resident of Vakacegu settlement, Eremasi Veidre says he is relieved of the burden that he has been carrying for the past 12 years because of land issues.
