Lagos State Government Gives Four Day Ultimatum To Illegal Occupants Under Bridges In Obalende, Apongbon, Ijora, National Stadium To Vacate | The Top Society

Lagos State Government Gives Four Day Ultimatum To Illegal Occupants Under Bridges In Obalende, Apongbon, Ijora, National Stadium To Vacate

ADEWALE AJAYI

The Lagos State government has given four day ultimatum to all illegal occupants under Obalende bridge, Apongbon bridge,Ijora bridge and National stadium and illegal motor park under the bridges to vacate the place.

According to a joint statement issued by the State commissioner for transportation Seun Osiyemi, the special adviser to the governor on transportation Sola Giwa and Special Adviser to the governor on Environment Olakunle Rotimi said all shanties, dwellers, traders, squatters & abandoned vehicles presently under the Obalende bridge must vacate the area by Thursday afternoon as enforcement would commence in the early hours of Friday.

“Also, all commercial vehicle operators who are on the main roads in Obalende must relocate to the various parks provided for them because the government has had enough of the defacement of the aesthetics of Obalende by the operators and it must now be restored.”

According to the statement,

“we also inspected the ongoing clean up of Apongbon Under-Bridge, Ebute Ero and other areas to monitor the level of compliance with Mr Governor’s directive that there should be no form of trading or habitation under the bridge and all adjoining areas across Lagos State.”

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They maintained that the state government is set to sustain clean and safe environment and in a couple of months, the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) will move in after the deadline to commence work on the beautification and landscaping of Obalende under bridge, Apongbon Underbridge, Ebute Ero underbridge, while the clean up exercise spreads across the state.

“Earlier at the Ilubirin, a strategic project of the Lagos State government which is meant to regenerate Isale Eko and to do that, there is a need to get the outflow of water through the Ilubirin path.”

The ministry of transport  also directed that the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps  will begin to arrest and immediately prosecute anyone crossing the highways across the State.

The statement reads;

“Crossing the highways is prohibited by the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Protection Law 2017.”

 

 

 

 

 

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