The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on its decision to enforce the state law and reclaim drainage setbacks following the expiration of notices issued.
This is according to the State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, who was speaking on Sunday when he, alongside the Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Olamidosu Rotimi-Akodu, were on an inspection tour to the enforcement sites to ascertain the level of compliance by property owners and extent of work done in the ongoing removal of all contravening structures under the system 1 drainage channel midstream (Odo Iya Alaro) Ojota and Ogudu
Commissioner Wahab explained that System 1, which was established in 1974, is the biggest and widest Primary Channel that serves the major parts of the mainland, cutting across Ogudu, Ojota, Ifako, Gbagada, Maryland.
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He also said that the government had been having discussions with property owners and residents since the 2021 and the conversation ended in November 2023, and he noted that contravention notices had been served to owners of buildings lying within the 140 metres of System 1 since 2021.
The team also visited Okota, Faseun Bridge System 6E, off Ago Palace Way, as the ministry is set to commence major maintenance dredging to curb flooding and proffer lasting solutions to waste that usually gets stuck under the bridge.
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