The Lagos State Government has ordered owners of buildings erected on drainage alignments and channels in several upscale areas to vacate their properties or face forceful demolition.

Some of the affected areas include:

1. Dolphin Estate,

2. Osborne Foreshore Estate,

3. Lekki,

4. Osapa London,

5. Ikota,

6. Ogombo and

7. Ikoyi.

The announcement given by the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, comes as the aftermath of devastating floods that put several lives in danger and wrecked severe damage on properties in the state a few weeks ago.

However, this step coming several weeks after the damage caused by the floods raises questions about the issue of regulation of construction in the state.

Several of the affected buildings have been erected for years, with no one bothering to ascertain their compliance with existing regulations. Instead, Governor Ambode came out to blame the low tax compliance level for government’s inability to control the situation.

While the orders, if followed thoroughly, might solve the issue of flooding, it only goes on to increase fears about the likelihood of other disasters happening due to delayed government action.

SOURCE: https://brandspurng.com/flooding-lagos-govt-marks-7-highbrow-estates-for-demolition/

wow! This is sad o! I sha hope it works out well.

I hear. Ambode can't even dream it let alone of trying it

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keep building structures on d lagoon oooo.....u WL hear it

The whole estate or buildings along the drainage system/plan?

Ok ooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

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This Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare thinks he is smarter than the other commissioners before him who overlooked these houses.

Being overzealous doesn't pay in this country.
Dora Akunyili learnt that the hard way.

I'd advise he thinks about his life and family first before he thinks of the Lagos flood.

After all,
Water will always find it's level.

Good development but huge for occupants living in such environment.

The rich also about to cry, a lot of money is about to go down the drain. I dingy want to believe the development authority doesn't know women this house were at foundation level to stop all this investment that is about to go down the drain. If na average people wan build as you don dey do foundation they go don come put that there red Mark on the building.

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What of banana island?

I think this is an over simplistic look at a serious problem.

Every year rain falls in Lagos but there has been no devastating floods except the flash floods of 2011. Why are things different now?

Could this be flash floods- when too much rains falls all of a sudden?

Could it be an increasing rainfall pattern caused global warming? There were also serious floods in Benin and parts of the middle belt..

Could it be the sandfilling going on at Oworonsoki?

Could it be a pile up of several issues such as property built on drainages and so on?

Government needs to take an in depth look at worrisome flooding and come up with effective solutions.

Lwkmd ambode can't i dare him

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Xcelinteriors:
I hear. Ambode can't even dream it let alone of trying it

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verily i say unto you, he that has an ear let him hear,

he that has eyes let him see and read and know that this above is the truth.

Lagos needs more underground drainage and canals




With all their money its change

Julius berger completed one recently in uyo this year which stopped flooding

booking space

Destroy dere building n pay dem

They should also include the boundary drainage of Akoka n Bariga abeg.

tripleY:
The whole estate or buildings along the drainage system/plan?

I think its buildings along d drainage system. I justvpity people who own those properties, gbege

I just dey observe

Gobe. The rich also cry. Hope they ar not bringing down that subomi's house (fcmb) the finest house in lekki and maybe Naija cus I no go gree

Hmmmm!

But wait and ponder this...

*Who own these Estates?
*Who approved the plans?
*Who have profited from these Estates? Tax revenues, etc.

I have no words for this country

Let me run go tell Baba Segun...his house block canal small

They better demolish the whole of Island

Amuboldee... A minute silence to some Afonjas

I love ambode

Swift response

It took ajimobi years to install that bridge near gtb in bodija I ibadan

Lagos state...