Trade Fair Demolition: Enforcement of planning laws within our jurisdiction — Lagos reaffirms

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its authorization to enforce carnal readying laws wrong its jurisdiction, including astatine the Trade Fair Complex successful Ojo Local Government Area.

This comes aft the state’s enforcement team, connected Thursday, deployed cranes to demolish buildings alleged to person been illegally developed, leaving galore traders lamenting their losses.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, said connected Friday that the state’s enactment was backed by the Supreme Court judgement of 2003 and the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2019 (as amended), which empower the authorities to modulate and enforce readying laws.

Olumide stressed that the Trade Fair Complex’s determination connected national onshore does not exempt developers from obtaining readying permits from the Lagos State Government oregon complying with its carnal readying regulations.

“We person acted decisively to halt further improvement of unapproved and unsafe buildings successful the Complex. A livable, organised, orderly, and sustainable built situation is important to achieving our T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda,” the commissioner said.

He noted that the Trade Fair Complex has a agelong past of non-compliance with gathering regulations and had ignored repeated warnings, including a November 2023 directive to regularise gathering constructions with the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

Olumide emphasized that the enforcement workout was portion of the government’s ongoing efforts to beforehand safety, livability, and well-being crossed Lagos State, not conscionable wrong the Trade Fair Complex.

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