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Flooding: LASG issues eviction notice to illegal shanties

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9 years ago

July 25, 2017

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday served another 48 hours ‘Abatement Notice’ to all owners of illegal structures and shanties including containerised shops around Obalende to remove them immediately.

The Chairman of the Lagos State Task Force, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi said that illegal structures and shanties including containerised shops were directly constructed have blocked the free flow of drainages and canals around Obalende thereby causing floods whenever it rains.

National Daily further gathered that the initial six-month notice from the government expired recently but the law permitted new 48 hours ‘Abatement Notice’ to be served before any demolition.

The Chairman stated that perennial flooding experienced in some parts of the State were not natural but a ‘Man-Made Disaster’ due to carelessness of members of the public by dumping refuse and used tyres into both secondary / primary water channels (canals and drainages).

SP Egbeyemi stated further that the present administration is spending much on infrastructural development which includes clearing of drainage and canals across the State but there is the need for an ‘Attitudinal Change’ from members of the public to support the government in securing the environment.

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He implored owners of such illegal structures, shanties and containerised shops around Obalende including under the bridges to remove them within 48 hours of this notice or have them demolished by the government.

The Chairman hinted that motor mechanics and all other form of unauthorised commercial activities within Obalende and its environs were also affected by the notice.

SP Egbeyemi who seeks for a total compliance and maximum cooperation from the people around Obalende, however, advised miscreants and hoodlums arround the area to relocate outside the State as anyone arrested would be immediately charge to court for prosecutions.