Trade Fair demolition: Lagos defends action

The Lagos State Government has re-affirmed its mandate to enforce carnal readying laws wrong its jurisdiction, including the Trade Fair Complex successful Ojo Local Government Area of the State.

Recall that enforcement squad of the State authorities had connected Thursday, moved successful cranes to level immoderate buildings implicit alleged amerciable developments which has thrown galore traders into lamentations arsenic they counted their losses.

The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, who made the remark connected Friday, said that the State’s presumption was backed by the Supreme Court judgement of 2003 and the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2019 arsenic amended, which empowers the State to modulate and enforce Physical Planning Laws.

The Commissioner stated that the determination of the Trade Fair Complex connected Federal Government onshore did not exempt developers from obtaining indispensable readying permits from the Lagos State Government oregon adhering to the State carnal readying laws.

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

He therefore, reiterated that the Trade Fair Complex had a past of non-compliance with gathering regulations and had refused to cooperate with the efforts to bring it into voluntary compliance contempt respective warnings, including the petition successful November 2023 for gathering constructions wrong the country to beryllium regularised with the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

“This enforcement workout is portion of the State Government’s regular efforts to beforehand safety, livability, and well-being crossed the State, and not conscionable wrong the Trade Fair Complex,” helium reaffirmed.

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