naptu2:

But how do you know that won't happen?

Every society needs order. Rules and regulations are enacted to create that order. The people must follow these rules and regulations so that there will be order. Therefore, the first question is, did the builders follow the rules and regulations?

Secondly, even if the government will eventually dialogue with the builders and provide an alternative, the government must make the point that people must follow rules, otherwise people will go out and build all kinds of structures and demand that they should also be given exemptions. The result will be chaos (the type of chaos we witnessed in the '80s and '90s when military governments ignored planning laws).

wesley80:
Oh come on! What rules are we talking about in a city with one of the most expensive real estate in the world where thousands still have no choice but to live on shacks built on lagoons and drinking from same water they poo on? What rule permits the existence of that kind of inequality?
Someone steps in the gap trying to do what the govt. ought to be doing and its termed illegal simply because Fashola is trying to build a city that PRETENDS not to have a poor populace and you think you can justify it? Come on now!

naptu2: Actually, I don't think it's an issue of rich vs poor. Infantino Private School here in Lekki, had to stop operating from their premises (off Durosimi-Etti Street) because it contravened Ministry of Education rules about school premises.

Developers want to convert the former Federal Secretariat in Ikoyi into luxury flats, but they can't because they've not got planning permission.

Reconstruction works at the 1004 Estate on Victoria Island was delayed for months because the developer contravened planning rules. It was only resumed after the developer regularised their operations.

So the question is, did the builder obtain permission to build that structure and was it approved by the ministry of education?

fuckluv: The only sensible response ve seen so far. Keep it up

slim fit :
To create jobs you have to think about the elite. Poor people don't create jobs. Lagos is very complex thousands come in every day. Lagos can only develop when other states start to develop and create jobs for their people. Lagos is carrying a lot burdens for this country.

namdee: The idea of demolishing the structure is what I find most disturbing,is it not a floating structure
Why not move it elsewhere instead of destroying it. I am sure they will appreciate the structure in bayelsa or PH

Lagos To Demolish Ultra Modern Makoko Floating School
“The simple answer to the floating school is that it is an illegal structure and it shouldn’t be there.” The commissioner said that its development will affect the government’s redevelopment plan for the area, saying “This wouldn’t deter us to abandon our plan for the area.”

obailala:

If they say the floating school shouldn't be there, instead of demolition, can't this floating school simply be relocated?
#just.asking

obailala:
If they say the floating school shouldn't be there, instead of demolition, can't this floating school simply be relocated?
#just.asking

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djustice: They don't want the children of the poor to be educated. This is consistent with their policy of reducing educational opportunities across the South West, either by increasing fees astronomically, or closing down educational institutions outrightly, and sharing the land, like they did at Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikosi campus, which is now the premises of TVC and Radio Continental, both owned by Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The rest of the land was converted to an Editors Village, for editors of media houses that pledge their loyalty to the thieving, bug-eyed jagabandit of Bourdillon, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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Shame on this Government, these people would never have seen the feature on CNN. What is wrong in giving this masterpiece the needed Approvals. Shame on them.

aniiii: is this real life??

Michaeljones36:

No, it's a Nollywood movie.

If you look real close you'll see the school is really Tonto Dikeh.

aniiii:

You mean hollywood?

and who is tonto dikeh?

im half nijarian , very ignorant of my country i must say,
until my room mate introduced me to nairaland