. As 48 hours quit/removal notice expires
Lagos State government, yesterday, said it would undertake enforcement action to remove over 100 shanties housing several people under Adeniji Adele bridge from today.
The state’s Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, who disclosed this during an interview with newsmen, said the removal was coming after the expiration of a 48 hours removal notice served on all occupants to move with their belongings.
The commissioner said that operatives of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI/LAGESC) and officials from the Monitoring Enforcement and Compliance (MEC) department of the ministry will be given security backup to conduct the operation.
Wahab emphasised that the exercise is part of the avowed commitment of the present administration under Mr Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu to reclaim all ungoverned spaces that dot Lagos landscape.
He stressed that unsightly shanties which are located in the heart of Lagos island represent a distorted image of what a smart city like Lagos should be.
According to him, apart from the unsanitary conditions of residents in the shanties, it also serve as hiding places for criminals and points for peddling hard drugs and substances which are injurious to the well-being of law-abiding residents.
He advised all the occupants of the shanties in their own interest to voluntarily move out with their belongings before the commencement of the enforcement operations on Monday.
Recall that similar enforcement operations to reclaim uncovered spaces have already taken place at Ijora, Apongbon, Obalende, and Dolphin.
