Here Are The Places Lagos Has Issued Fresh 7 Days Deadline To Illegal Property Owners

The Lagos state government has issued a fresh seven-day notice, as part of efforts to reclaim the required seven metres drainage setback, to owners of buildings that have contravened it.

Commissioner for Environment Tokunbo Wahab made the disclosure with the revelation that”after the inspection tour of System 156 and 157 Channel yesterday, we have issued a seven-day contravention notice to owners of buildings lying within the seven metres drainage setback on Orchid Rd, Agungi, Ajiran, Conservation Road, Osapa, Oral Estate II, all along the Ikota River.”

Wahab who insists that “to keep Lagos clean, safe, and healthy, we must be deliberate in our approach” spoke through a social media post on Monday, November 27, 2023.

“We cannot keep lampooning the government for flooding when developers, builders & residents are the main cause of flooding; we shall continue to enforce because that is why laws are made. Without law and order, there cannot be development. Enough of this bad behaviour!” he further declared.

Providing added information on the efforts to make Lagos better, he stated “We also visited Chevron Drive, where a stop work order was issued to Gravitas company, owners of Grace Ville Island & Pocket Island.”

Advising property owners on the way forward, the Commissioner driven by the objective to put in place ” secure a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, that promotes tourism, boosts economic growth and enhances the overall well-being of the citizens” urged “Lagosians to respect the State Drainage Master Plan to avoid property demolition as there is no going back on the decision of the state to enforce the law and reclaim Drainage setbacks following the expiration of the notices issued.”