The Lagos State Government has read a riot act to all the
owners of illegal structures, shanties, street hawkers and those who have
converted walkways into trading points and food courts in Ikoyi, Victoria
Island and the Lagoon Front of Lekki, giving them 14 days grace to remove such
illegal structures, reports ITRealms.
A press statement signed by the Secretary to the State
Government, Tunji Bello, on Sunday, the State Government warned that if such
illegal structures are not removed after the 14 days grace, the State Special
Task Force on the Clean Up of the areas would move in to enforce the laws.
“The owners of all the illegal structures, shanties,
abandoned buildings and all those who have converted road median to commercial
uses in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki have between Monday, August 29, 2016 and two
weeks time to comply or have the State Special Task Force on the Clean Up of
the areas to contend with,” the SSG said.
LASG cautioned owners of all abandoned buildings
in different areas of Ikoyi, Lekki and Victoria Island, which are now
harbouring prostitutes, illegal miscreants and unwanted elements must clear the
structures of such undesirable elements immediately.
Bello also warned owners of properties on the Lagoon
fronts of Lekki Phase 1 who have littered the whole areas with compactors and
several other deadweight equipments to remove them outrightly.
The LASG scribe noted with concern the
conversion of the frontages of properties and abandoned houses to kiosks and
trading points by maids and guards as well as the unregulated activities of
horticulturists who have turned setbacks to hideouts and selling points.
He reiterated the determination of the Governor Akinwunmi
Ambode administration to restore the original master plan of Ikoyi, Victoria
Island and Lekki by checking the activities of roadside automobile repairers
who have converted many dual carriage lanes to single lanes with indiscriminate
parkings.
The State Government, he said, would no longer tolerate
unauthorised parking of vehicles, trucks as well unsightly state of drainage
infrastructure, adding that owners of such vehicles and properties with unkempt
drainages will be prosecuted.
Bello said it is totally unacceptable for people to
stockpile and display wares such as bags of charcoal on major roads like Ahmadu
Bello Way and Federal Secretariat Road, Ikoyi, stating that henceforth such
goods would be confiscated and the owners prosecuted.
“We are using this medium to sensitise members of
the public and residents of the affected areas who are involved in these
illegalities to immediately take right action and do the needful as the State
Government will take the necessary steps to enforce its environmental and
sanitation laws forthwith," he said.
Emphasising that all those engaging in roadside display of wares, illegal
street trading and all illegal squatters on undeveloped land and all those who
have converted road median to commercial uses in Ikoyi, Victoria Island and
Lekki are being advised in their own interest to put a stop to the
illegalities.
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