Lagos demolishes 39 marked buildings in Ikota Estate

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

LAGOS — THE Lagos State authorities has commenced the demolition of each marked structures successful Ikota Estate, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state, pursuing the expiration of the discontinue notice.

The spot owners, according to the authorities government, contravened the drainage setback modular rules, starring to perennial flooding of the area.

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, who led a monitoring and enforcement squad to the area, lamented the encroachment connected waterways.

He besides cautioned residents against actions that endanger the environment, arsenic quality volition ever instrumentality its course.

Recently, Wahab dismissed a viral video wherever the Ministry allegedly demanded payments from spot owners to halt the planned demolition of houses astatine Oral Estate successful Ikota.

He said: “We earlier stopped them then, but we were alerted again precocious that the encroachment had resumed aggressively, with attempts to merchantability onshore to unsuspecting buyers.

“The authorities authorities has present taken decisive enactment to halt the encroachment and wide each amerciable structures on the drainage alignment.

“However, those down the unlawful enactment would beryllium identified and prosecuted accordingly.”

Speaking connected the perennial situation of flooding, Wahab noted that portion it is intolerable to wholly forestall flooding successful a coastal authorities similar Lagos, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, lagoons, and rivers, the authorities continues to put successful infrastructure to mitigate its impact.

He said: “What we tin bash is trim its effects done resilient infrastructure, which Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has consistently provided and maintained.”

Speaking, the Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, stated that the Green Line Rail project, which volition tally from Marina to Epe, is anticipated to commence successful December pursuing stakeholder consultations and feasibility studies.

He said immoderate car dealers, who were granted impermanent support to usage powerfulness enactment spaces, had violated presumption by constructing imperishable structures connected wetlands.

The commissioner, who directed applicable authorities to guarantee the eviction of occupants on the corridor, said: “As a state, we indispensable enforce compliance and support the situation portion advancing our transport improvement agenda.”

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