..Says Lagos State Will Not Tolerate Spate Of Lawlessness.
The Lagos State Government Is Set To Commence The Removal of Building Attachments And Conversion across the State, Two Weeks From Now.
This was disclosed by the Commissioner For Physical Planning And Urban Development, Dr Olayinka Olumide In Alausa Recently. He Frowned At the Unwholesome Practice of Illegally Converting Residential To Commercial Premises and unduly erecting Attachments to buildings, Stating that it is high time for sanity and orderliness to reign across the State.
He maintained that the State would not tolerate the Spate of Lawlessness witnessed in Commercial Center’s Such as Lagos Island , Ikeja And Iyana Ipaja Where Shops Are Illegally Extended With Sheds And Steel External Stairways, In a Bid to attract Customers. He gave 2 weeks ultimatum for Owners of illegal Extensions to remove them, Failing Which The State Government Would Commence Statewide Demolition Of Such Structures, Precisely On The 15th February 2024, Starting From Lagos Island.
In the Same Vein, The Commissioner asked those who erected structures within the Right Of Way Of Power lines,Canals and Pipelines to prepare For a Massive Enforcement by the ministry in Two-weeks Time. He stressed that the government would stop at nothing to ensure a sustainable built environment fit and habitable for all in the State Respectively. This he concluded!
