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…Set to motorboat caller bureau for betterment of unutilised 3,000 hectares of land
…As commissioner seeks gov’s hold of amnesty period
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
Lagos State Government has ruled retired the anticipation of compensation to amerciable spot owners and occupants displaced, pursuing demolition of marked buildings and shanties on Iyana Oworo, Lekki coastlines.
This is coming arsenic plans person been concluded by the authorities Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to motorboat a recently created bureau to beryllium charged with the work of recovering and utilising implicit 3, 000 hectares of informal spaces crossed the state.
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, made the remarks, yesterday, portion briefing newsmen during the maiden quarterly, media parley connected the authorities of the Lagos Physical Environment, held astatine Alausa, Ikeja.
Demolitions
On Oworosonki, spot owners and occupants successful Ojulari Community, were displaced successful the aboriginal hours past Saturday, implicit unapproved buildings on coastlines, coming hardly 2 days aft the State Government, done the Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development, raised the alarm that astir 10,625 cubic metres of soil are dredged regular successful Lagos, informing that unchecked activities could destabilize the ecosystem, harm aquatic habitats and could pb to full illness of the lagoon and waterfront areas.
The workout was led by the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA. Subsequently, connected Monday displaced residents stormed the Third Mainland Bridge, blocking vehicular movements successful protest, demanding for compensations from the authorities government.
Responding if authorities has plans to compensate displaced Oworosonki residents, Olumide said: “There is nary program by the authorities authorities to compensate Oworosonki residents who were displaced successful the demolition of amerciable structures. However, the politician has the prerogative powerfulness to o.k. compensation.
“Meanwhile, Governor Sanwo-Olu is acceptable to motorboat a caller bureau that volition beryllium saddled with work of restoring and ultilising informal spaces successful the state. We discovered that implicit 3,000 hectares of onshore successful Lagos are near unused. After recovery, they volition beryllium designed for the usage of parking lots, gardens, buying malls and different basal facilities, successful collaboration with backstage assemblage that volition alteration the look of Lagos State.”
Mulls hold of amnesty period
Recall that Governor, Sanwo-Olu, had earlier announced the hold of amnesty play for owners and developers of buildings without due readying approvals until December 31, 2024.
The deadline, initially acceptable for the extremity of October, was extended to springiness much spot owners the accidental to regularize their buildings without incurring statutory penalties.
Initially, the Lagos State Government had provided a 90-day amnesty play from May 2 to July 30, 2024, allowing owners of existing developments to get readying permits without paying the accustomed fines for erecting buildings without anterior approval.
However, owed to the precocious fig of applications, the commissioner appealed to the politician for much hold inorder to seizure much applicants arsenic good arsenic robust nationalist enlightenment.
Olumide, had earlier explained that the amnesty programme not lone waives penal fees but besides offers a discount for payments completed wrong 10 moving days during the amnesty period.
To use for the amnesty, applicants indispensable taxable required documents for appraisal astatine the District Offices of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA) crossed the 57 councils, oregon astatine the LASPPPA office successful Ikeja. The indispensable documents include’ impervious of ownership, survey plans, as-built architectural and structural drawings, non-destructive integrity trial reports (if applicable), taxation compliance evidence, and different applicable documents.
Olumide stressed that the amnesty programme is portion of Sanwo-Olu led administration’s efforts to mitigate the economical challenges faced by the built situation assemblage portion promoting compliance with carnal readying regulations to guarantee a livable, organized, and sustainable Lagos.
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