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Lagos Govt Begins Removal Of Illegal Street Gates
due to the inability to access connecting roads
The Lagos state Government has started the removal of illegal street gates.
Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo wahab made the disclosure on Saturday, December 23, 2023, warning residents’ associations across the state “that have such gates in their estates or communities and always put them under permanent lock and keys to remove them voluntarily or face sanctions.”
Wahab, who disclosed that the removal started in Lekki, Lagos wrote ….
“Following several days of traffic snarl which residents connecting Lekki were experiencing due to the inability to access connecting roads due to the indiscriminate mounting and multiplicity of the gates in many parts of the state, defacing the aesthetics of the environment and causing unnecessary traffic in the major roads, Lagos State Government through the Enforcement team of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has commenced the removal of illegal gates that are permanently closed around Lekki 1 axis.
“These gates include; Sir Rufus Foluso Giwa Road, Theophilus Oji Road, Osaro Isokpan Road, Abike Sulaiman Road, Ben Okagbue MBA Road, Olubunmi Rotimi Road, Olanrewaju Ninalowo Road, Dele Adedeji road, Abayomi Sonuga road, Siji Soetan and Rasheed Alaba Williams roads.
I, therefore, urged all resident associations across the state that have such gates in their estates or communities and always put them under permanent lock and keys to remove them voluntarily or face sanctions.”
The frontrunner member of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s cabinet made the revelation through a Facebook post.
