Government has issued a 14-day removal notice to owners of buildings and structures in the Sangotedo area of Lekki and Okota, Isolo, which were built on drainage channels.Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, announced this on Sunday during an extensive inspection tour of various contravention sites and ongoing drainage enforcement projects in Ago Palace Way, Isolo, Sangotedo, Lekki, and Ikoyi areas of the state.
The commissioner, accompanied by the Permanent Secretary Office of Environmental Services, Mr. Gaji Omobolaji and the Permanent Secretary, Office of Drainage Services Engr Mahamood Adegbite, started the inspection from Aladelola Street, in Ikosi-Ketu where some individuals had vandalised the supporting iron under the Culvert, thereby leading to the collapse of the channel.
At Sangotedo by Lagos Business School the Commissioner noted that there is a natural stream that supposed to discharge into System 63 and from there to Omu creek which has been blocked and reduced by illegal structures built along the channel. At Ilabere Collector, old Ikoyi, the team observed that there is encroachment on the alignment and the fences will be removed in the next few days adding that “government is fixing a major infrastructure around Ilabere because if the collector is not properly handled, the infrastructure will be destroyed.