Amuwo Odofin LG denies involvement in demolition of structures

…commences rehabilitation of 23 roadworthy successful Festac Town

By Ebunoluwa Sessou & Niyi Okiri

Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government of Lagos State, Prince Lanre Sanusi, has declared the assembly has thing to bash with the demolition of structures astatine 6th Avenue successful Festac Town.

The LG brag made this assertion during the commencement of rehabilitation works connected 23 Road, linking 4th Avenue, implicit the play adding that the enactment was solely carried retired by the Federal Housing Authority, FHA.

“I privation to enactment this connected grounds that the buildings that were demolished connected 6th Avenue, the section authorities has perfectly thing to bash with it,” helium said.

Sanusi noted that the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, carried retired the demolition.

He urged the FHA to liaise with the assembly successful the future, to let due engagement of each stakeholders.

He reaffirmed the council’s solution to reconstruct the safety, cleanliness of the community.

Sanusi said if they had been notified earlier the exercise, the assembly would person been good positioned to counsel the authorization connected however to spell astir it, alternatively of causing grief to the residents
Commenting connected the groundbreaking of the 23 roadworthy rehabilitation, Sanusi noted that, “This lawsuit marks yet different milestone successful this administration’s committedness to infrastructural renewal and assemblage development.

“This roadworthy is simply a precise important road; it’s a commercialized road, astir of the commercialized transports usually travel done this access,” helium said.

Adding that the task was a continuation of works initiated by his predecessor and that his squad had recalled the archetypal contractor to implicit it.

“Based connected what I person discussed with the contractor, we commune that this task volition beryllium completed wrong the adjacent 4 weeks,” helium said.

Sanusi, who besides inspected the marketplace and residential areas on 23 Road, expressed interest implicit usurpation of biology laws by roadside traders and residents.

The Chairman observed that galore had built kiosks on the road, including nether high-tension lines, and connected drainage, blocking h2o travel erstwhile it rains.

“They are risking their lives connected the precocious hostility and each small rain, you spot the full roadworthy flooded due to the fact that the drainages are blocked,” helium said.

Sanusi added that the section authorities was considering alternate solutions for traders, including providing standardised branded kiosks.

“We privation to spot a mode of inactive accommodating them, but successful a amended location.
“Probably having similar a instrumentality painted with the section authorities colour, and past having them moved distant from the drainage.

“But you person to beryllium a nonmigratory of FESTAC oregon astatine slightest successful Amuwo Odofin,” helium said.
He highlighted different ongoing projects, including Jakande Estate, arsenic good arsenic palliative works connected Second Avenue and 52 Junction.

It volition beryllium recalled that the assembly president precocious distributed nutrient bags, containing rice, beans and Garri, to 2,000 households successful his area, to alleviate hunger.

Under his ‘Apo Ariyo Initiative’, helium stressed that nutrient remained precedence for human’s endurance and helium is poised to bash it connected a monthly basis, adding that the authorities astatine each levels indispensable springiness capable attraction for residents to beryllium successful the close framework of caput to lend meaningfully to the society.

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