Lagos State government has concluded plans to relocate residents of the 900 housing units at Adeniji Adele stating that the estate is sited under water.
Speaking on the plan to relocate them, the special adviser to the state governor on e-GIS and Urban development Dr. Olajide Babatunde said the occupants of the housing units shall be relocated in batches, and the state has already started the relocation by providing accommodation for some of the occupants of the estate whose building collapsed.
He said this at a press briefing held at Alausa, Ikeja which was part of activities marking the first year of the second term of administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu, he noted that 98 occupants of the housing unit would first be relocated, just as he said the present administration cannot complete the relocation exercise in its tenure because of the financial burden.
“Adeniji Adele housing unit is under water, what we are doing is first build the building we are going to put the residents into, we have got a land close to the estate, in the same Adeniji Adele, we have a freeland just by it in Adeniji Adele. we will develop that land for about 98 people, take the 98 people and put them in the new houses, then where those 98 People were taken away from, we will demolish the house, raise it to the level of the other one, build new housing units for another set of people, then we will bring another set of people into that one until we finish it.
“There about 900 units of houses, we may not be able to finish it under this administration because, we have the plan in place start with 98, we try as much and do what we can. We expect that succeeding administration will follow suit until they finish it.
“What we will end up with is the size of the land we have contributed at the beginning is what the Lagos State government will end up with.
Meanwhile, “Some houses in Adeniji Adele have already sinked .The occupants are already being resettled, and the government is paying their rent as we speak,” he said.
Dr Babatunde added that the state government is planning to rebuild Obalende and the state government have a court ruling which back its action, he said the state has already started holding meetings with the residents of the area as to meeting up with the specification of buildings required for the area.
He maintained that, the state government is working hard on her plan to relocate the computer village in Ikeja to Kantangowa, while plan to relocate the Oko baba sawmill in Oyingbo to Agbowa, is continuing, he explained that the state government has built two bedroom housing units for those that will occupy the sawmill.
Dr. Babatunde also charged building owners in Lagos State to take advantage of 90 days amnesty programme initiated by the state government to get their building plans approved, stressing that the approval is being done free by the state government.
