The Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this in a publish through his X deal with on Monday, March 4.
He stated such unlawful shanties and squatters near Regional Road Alignment should vacate the world by Thursday afternoon.
“Following the indiscriminate arising of shanties and unlawful buildings, the Lagos State Government on Sunday issued a four-day relocation discover to all squatters occupying unlawful shanties across the Lagos coastal street within the Mayegun, Lekki space of Lagos.
“Speaking with newsmen after an inspection tour to Jakande, Elegushi itedo, System 156 and 44 on Orchid Road, HC MOE&WR, Tokunbo Wahab said all such illegal shanties and squatters, close to Regional Road Alignment must vacate the area by Thursday afternoon”.
He warned that failure to maneuver would invite enforcement operatives from the early hours of Friday morning as all of the properties have been served obligatory notices.
“The authorities has cleared Ijora and Obalende underbridge, Obalende, Apongbon underbridge, and Agege Red rail line amongst others.
“I want to say that a lot of the cleaned locations had been infamous for harbouring criminals and had been threats to residents.
“The group would additionally go to Aboru, Command, Abule-Egba to examine ongoing work within the areas, the enforcement drive is a state-wide train.
“The authorities convened a number of stakeholder conferences with property homeowners and the affected residents who had been served contravention notices within the final quarter of 2023 including that since then, they haven’t seen dedication from the affected neighborhood members.
“The team also visited Ilubirin to ascertain the level of the ongoing project to install an underground tank to deflood Lagos Island awarded 3 years ago, with a confirmation from the contractor that the project will be delivered in 90 days. Ilubirin is strategic because the government is set to regenerate Isale Eko and environs and to do that, there is a need to get the outflow of water through the Ilubirin path”, he wrote.
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