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OP, looks like the solider is coming after you next - for driving and using your phone to take pictures

Why proposed 4th Mainland bridge is delayed, by Hamzat

NOTWITHSTANDING some issues that surround the take off of the proposed 4th Mainland bridge, Lagos State Official last week confirmed that physical works would soon commence.

They said though preliminary works had started, the state government intends to address several concerns over the planned infrastructure project.

Besides, property development along the corridor has slowed down, following recent pronouncement of officials that consultant has commenced works on the project, especially, when it was noted that original alignment would be altered in the face of the new hydrological research carried out that favours the alteration.

This development, according to them, has given room for land speculators to increase their operations along the axis, reeling out information that is creating panic among the public.

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Lagos, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, recently confirmed the development and debunked the rumour that the project has been abandoned. He explained that the old alignment was observed to be very cumbersome because of the number of buildings that may be affected on the right of way.

“It might be extremely destructive, if we want to follow the old alignment. We might probably need to destroy a lot of good buildings. This option is not fanciful to us. So, we have to look at another right of way.”

The alignment of the 26-kilometre infrastructure designed to link Ikorodu with Eti-Osa Local Government Area, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, was initially to connect Ikorodu from Langbasa, along the same axis, but experts’ view was that the route “would be too long despite the fact that the terrain is ecologically dangerous”.

Hamzat, while explaining the rationale behind the delay on the project, noted that if government would continue with the original plan, a good number of buildings would be affected, but that with the new alignment that consultants are working on, it would be a preferred option for the right of way.

He however acknowledged that consultants are working out the cost implications on the new right of way. “We will look at the cost-benefit analysis of the alignment in terms of its cost-effectiveness. We are considering if it is better to pay compensation than going through another alignment. The experts are already working on it, and the report will come out soon”, he said. The Commissioner, said that though people may not see the physical work at all for now, because physical structure like bridge is not what one can jump in there and start to build.

However, based on the unfolding reality, property owners along both axis (both Ikorodu and Eti-osa), are said to be getting apprehensive over the development. The apprehension rose over what some of the landlords perceived as the seeming impossibility of getting their property demolished without adequate compensation.

“The fact of the matter is that majority of us in this area do not have the necessary documents and this is due to the circumstances that forced many of us to come here in the first instance. Besides, government has a lot of commitment to many people in terms of compensation, where similar projects are taking place”, said Dr. Jubril Adeyemo, who cited example of Lagos-Badagry, Ijora and Ketu-Ikorodu road expansion where scores of property owners are on queue to collect their compensation.

“Usually, such project would facilitate easy movement, access to other states like Ogun, Ondo, even. Edo. So, it is certain that price of land would appreciate, while land speculators may also have a field day”, said Mr. Joseph Bakare, a surveyor, who practices in Ajah area of Lekki.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?view=article&catid=25%3Aproperty&id=126376%3Awhy-proposed-4th-mainland-bridge-is-delayed-by-hamzat&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=491

Why proposed 4th Mainland bridge is delayed, by Hamzat

NOTWITHSTANDING some issues that surround the take off of the proposed 4th Mainland bridge, Lagos State Official last week confirmed that physical works would soon commence.

They said though preliminary works had started, the state government intends to address several concerns over the planned infrastructure project.

Besides, property development along the corridor has slowed down, following recent pronouncement of officials that consultant has commenced works on the project, especially, when it was noted that original alignment would be altered in the face of the new hydrological research carried out that favours the alteration.

This development, according to them, has given room for land speculators to increase their operations along the axis, reeling out information that is creating panic among the public.

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure in Lagos, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, recently confirmed the development and debunked the rumour that the project has been abandoned. He explained that the old alignment was observed to be very cumbersome because of the number of buildings that may be affected on the right of way.

“It might be extremely destructive, if we want to follow the old alignment. We might probably need to destroy a lot of good buildings. This option is not fanciful to us. So, we have to look at another right of way.”

The alignment of the 26-kilometre infrastructure designed to link Ikorodu with Eti-Osa Local Government Area, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, was initially to connect Ikorodu from Langbasa, along the same axis, but experts’ view was that the route “would be too long despite the fact that the terrain is ecologically dangerous”.

Hamzat, while explaining the rationale behind the delay on the project, noted that if government would continue with the original plan, a good number of buildings would be affected, but that with the new alignment that consultants are working on, it would be a preferred option for the right of way.

He however acknowledged that consultants are working out the cost implications on the new right of way. “We will look at the cost-benefit analysis of the alignment in terms of its cost-effectiveness. We are considering if it is better to pay compensation than going through another alignment. The experts are already working on it, and the report will come out soon”, he said. The Commissioner, said that though people may not see the physical work at all for now, because physical structure like bridge is not what one can jump in there and start to build.

However, based on the unfolding reality, property owners along both axis (both Ikorodu and Eti-osa), are said to be getting apprehensive over the development. The apprehension rose over what some of the landlords perceived as the seeming impossibility of getting their property demolished without adequate compensation.

“The fact of the matter is that majority of us in this area do not have the necessary documents and this is due to the circumstances that forced many of us to come here in the first instance. Besides, government has a lot of commitment to many people in terms of compensation, where similar projects are taking place”, said Dr. Jubril Adeyemo, who cited example of Lagos-Badagry, Ijora and Ketu-Ikorodu road expansion where scores of property owners are on queue to collect their compensation.

“Usually, such project would facilitate easy movement, access to other states like Ogun, Ondo, even. Edo. So, it is certain that price of land would appreciate, while land speculators may also have a field day”, said Mr. Joseph Bakare, a surveyor, who practices in Ajah area of Lekki.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?view=article&catid=25%3Aproperty&id=126376%3Awhy-proposed-4th-mainland-bridge-is-delayed-by-hamzat&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=491

angelz: u wan kill me with laughter with the pics above.
i want to believe its Photoshop, cus if its real, den l wont stop laughing.

It is actually a miniature sculpture.

http://mzagams./2013/04/07/buses-around-the-world/

Nice one, OP.

We need another set of tips on "How to jump off a moving bus" (I.e. "How to Ta'bo" )

[quote author=al-mustapha007]See what happens in other places!![/quote]See more here:

https://www.nairaland.com/639186/nigerian-political-class-foreign-counterparts/1#8175059

Can we get a bigger version?

Shuo! O ga gan o!

All these insults and grandstanding?

I only asked a question based on your assertion that she is not on government payroll.

I give up!

^^^
Anyone?

Eko Ile:
This is still a bogus comparison simply because Tinubu is not a government official, this association is not a government organization and Tinubu's daughter is not on government's payroll.



Can't you people find a better and relevant points...?

Tinubu's daughter is not on government's payroll?

You mean she did/does not get any allowances as the deputy chairman of the Lagos State Market Development Board?

Past Chairman / Deputy

Mrs. Bola Shodipjo - 22nd July, 2005
Alh. Abibatu Mogaji – (OFR, MFR)-
Deputy Chairman- (Alhaja Abosede Loremikan) 2010-2011
Alh. Abibatu Mogaji (OFR, MFR) 2011- To date
Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo- 2011-to Date

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagemenus.php?p=252&k=189

Ola one: This only tells you they had it all planned.

The matriarch probably went into a coma that year. And, pronto, they installed her (the grand daughter) as Deputy Chairman.

From the Lagos State Government Website:

Listings
Name Designation
Alh. Abibatu Mogaji ((OFR) Chairman
Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo Deputy Chairman
Mr. Oluwatoyin James-Kakawa Board Secretary
Mr. Oyekan Olaseni Manzur-ur-deen Account office
Mrs Olaniawo Olubunmi. A. Market Development & Environmental Sanitation Unit
Mrs Eklu Fausat Adenike Personnel Training Unit
Mrs Faleye Olufunke Idayat Internal Audit Unit

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/principalofficerlist.php?k=189

Past Chairman / Deputy

Mrs. Bola Shodipjo - 22nd July, 2005
Alh. Abibatu Mogaji – (OFR, MFR)-
Deputy Chairman- (Alhaja Abosede Loremikan) 2010-2011
Alh. Abibatu Mogaji (OFR, MFR) 2011- To date
Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo- 2011-to Date

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagemenus.php?p=252&k=189

Responsibilities/Duties/Roles

1. Market Sanitation

(a) The Market shall ensure proper sanitation of all markets in Lagos State in collaboration with the KAI brigade and the Local Governments;
(b) Eradication of Street Trading;
(c) Enforcement of the 6:00 p.m. market closure time in all markets in Lagos State;
(d) Ensure that no person(s) reside or sleep within any market premises in the state.

2. Establishment and development of retail and wholesale markets in conjunction with Local Governments and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

3. Controlling of loading and off-loading of goods in the markets.

4. Controlling of car parks within the markets.

5. Initiation and conclusion of arrangements with any person(s), group(s), contractor(s) or Agencies for the maintenance and construction of Market, in conjunction with both Local Government and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

6. Obtain Authority through the Supervising Ministry, with the approval of Governor to obtain funds through:

(i) Bank loan;
(ii) Debentures;
(iii) Invest in short tenure security Bonds.


7. Insure property from all form of hazard.

8. Management of market premises

9. Management of the Market premises

10. Settlement of disputes within the Markets.

11. Determination of Levy to be charged on Insurance and maintenance of properties within the market.

12. Organisation of open market fairs, neighbourhood night market, Sunday markets and street markets for specific period of time.

13. Regulation of Market fees to control arbitrary increase of charges:

14. Construction of new market: cost of construction to be recovered from stallage before handing over to Local Government for maintenance.

15. Supervision of contractor to ensure:

(i) Compliance with Government Town Planning

regulation and approved building plan.

(ii) Creation of emergency exists

(iii ) Creation of public Conveniences, i.e. toilet, water,

waste disposal, Good drainage system, banking

facilities car park, Crèche/ Day care, Clinic.

16. Monitoring of allocation of shops to rightful owners

17. Organising Management team with stake holders and controlling their activities.

18. Organising seminar, symposia, Lectures for traders.

19. Revenue collection in markets under the control of the Local Governments shall be the responsibilities of the Local Government but 30% of Revenue collected shall be paid to the Board for Management and Administration of the Market.

20. Registration and Annual renewal fees of Commodity Associations shall be collected by the Board for Market upkeep and environmental sanitation

21. Markets shall be catergorised into:

A. Markets with modern buildings and structures i.e.

Tejuoso, Awolowo, Sura, Balogun, Ebute Ero and

Mile 12, Plazas, Anjorin markets etc;

B. Market with concrete structures, lockup shops and

open stalls (mainly bungalows);

C. Open markets built on Kee-Klamps;

22. The Board shall comply with all other assignments that may be given to it by the Supervising Ministry- Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.

http://www.lagosstate.gov.ng/pagemenus.php?p=250&k=189

Ola one: This only tells you they had it all planned.

The matriarch probably went into a coma that year. And, pronto, they installed her (the grand daughter) as Deputy Chairman.

GBAM!

Lagos belongs to the Tinubus

June 27, 2013 by Abimbola Adelakun (aa_adelakun@utexas.edu)


“This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos integrity. We are thus calling on the Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, not to sit on the fence at this auspicious time. Fashola must rise up and be counted now. He must exhibit control in governance especially when Tinubu’s interest conflicts with the public interest. He must see to it that the process leading to the emergence of a market leader and any other leadership in the state is transparent, liberal and credible.”

—Lagos State Chapter of the PDP

Life has some pleasantly ironic moments. Before the Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party woke up to the news that the former governor of the state, Bola Tinubu, was about to install his daughter as the Iyaloja of Lagos, who could have thought the party would ever understand –or even acknowledge- that anything portends “great danger” to Nigerian democracy? Or, that the party would even canvass a process that is “transparent, liberal and credible?” These are surely interesting times we live in.

Since the PDP put out its press release, part of which was quoted above, there has been some robust discourse on the social media about whether another Tinubu should step into the shoes of the late Abibatu Mogaji, “pioneer Iyaloja/President-General of Nigerian Market Men and Women” who held the prestigious position for many years even when she was old and frail; and at 96, was clearly incapable of functioning in that role with as much vitality as she would have exuded in her younger years.

The PDP, on getting to know about the announcement purportedly made at Mogaji’s burial, panicked and quickly issued the press release I excerpted above. It does not quite seem it has awoken to the reality that Lagos is Tinubu’s property; from there his influence extends to other states in South-West Nigeria. He is the go-to godfather of the region such that men like Lamidi Adedibu who once trod that path look like upstarts when contrasted with him.

My advice to the PDP is to cease its caterwauling and focus its energies on winning the 23 states President Goodluck Jonathan recently stipulated as their 2015 target. For now, not much will change as regards the ownership of Lagos political structure. The Tinubus own a lot and like the proverbial greedy man who insists on acquiring every parcel of land that touches his land, they keep expanding.

It is not for nothing that Tinubu was assigned an anti-democratic title of “Governor Emeritus.” There are similar examples of such labels created by fawning Nigerians to massage the egos of their leaders who are obviously plagued by the Mugabe Complex. This attitude, taken in its entirety, illustrates the intractable problems of leadership in Africa. The Mugabe Complex is a fear of ordinariness; a symptom exhibited by people in power who just do not want to be out of the picture. In their minds, they are the awaited messiahs so they impose themselves on people by every means possible. Such people jump from Governor to Senator; from First Lady, they become Permanent Secretaries or Mother-of-the-nation; or transform into tribal leaders and godfathers. They practically configure the state finances to lead to their pockets. They clog the state machinery so that those who succeed them in office would have to contact them for solutions.

Leaders from this part of the world who are plagued by the Mugabe Complex lack virtue. They do not walk away when they complete their tenure; rather, they create enough problems so that we can always look back wistfully at their tenure. They cannot even stand successors who outshine them in performance. They will do anything, as long as it gives them continued relevance and help them exhibit a sense of patriarchal proprietary over their constituencies.

During the 2011 elections, not a few people were astounded at how the former governor reportedly put forward members of his family in the Lagos State elections when it was quite certain they would win since their party controlled the state.

If it had been a PDP leader who was taking advantage in that manner, it would be an opportunity for the Publicity Secretary of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Lai Mohammed, to gallop on his high horse over and over again. He would have issued his famous press releases to “yab” the party and then self-righteously proclaim a fatwa on them. That is one of the reasons the PDP is an easier party to understand than the ACN; it has no progressive agenda that enables it to pretend. The classic opposition-to-the-rescue image the ACN has created for itself over the years has enabled it and its Big Daddies to evade a lot of scrutiny.

The ACN has tried to play down the Iyaloja story by pretending that it has bigger fishes to hunt than the leadership of mere markets. That kind of attitude –pretended or otherwise — is wrong. Whoever eventually emerges as the Iyaloja is important, actually. The post is a culturally created one but considering how traditional market systems are a vital component of our existence, it’s not a trivial one.

A scholar, Manthia Diawara, pointed out that the traditional market system poses the greatest obstacle to modernity in Africa and should be coopted into efforts made at building modern societies. The traditional market system forms a significant part of cultural life that we cannot divorce from our corporate-contemporary existence. They are important gateways to trade and globalisation. Markets, anthropologically considered, represent interwoven strands of primitiveness and modernity in our societies. How far our country will go can be determined from the dynamics of these markets. In Nigeria where manufacturing efforts are low, what constitutes our economy owes a lot to the markets. I hope the ACN treats the market system with more deference than the political advantages accruable from the office of the Iyaloja.

As things go, I am not hopeful the PDP can achieve much by seeking Fashola’s intervention. In 2011, people grumbled out quite loudly about a leadership that was inbreeding to the point of incest, but then what? The Tinubu family members still won with a landslide. The grumblings ceased and life continued. If the post of Iyaloja gets ceded to another Tinubu, people will murmur and live with it. If anything will change, it should –and will — come from Lagosians themselves. Lagosians are sophisticated people and when they have had enough, they will do the needful.

http://www.punchng.com/viewpoint/lagos-belongs-to-the-tinubus/

And actually you are right about the etiquette/protocol.

He would have been addressed as Senator Clinton had he been a senator before becoming president.

No qualms, mate.

Who changed the topic and why?

Gbawe: Political etiquette means Clinton will always be regarded as Senator Clinton ,beyond office, and not President Clinton.

Was he ever a senator?

kcjazz: The major problem we face is a lack of effective town planning and land reforms. We don't plan for population increase. Over the years the population in this axis has increased dramatically. Maybe a flyover will reduce the pain for a while but me thinks, we need to develop our waterways. By water Badore to VI Civic Centre is less than 30 minutes, repair and open up the alternative route from Ogombo axis before they fence everywhere with houses.

Do you mean the coastal road?

Gbawe: Why won't Tinubu not smile? This was at a ceremony to mark the reclamation of land for Eko Atlantic City. GEJ was praising the Eko Atlantic initiative same as Senator Clintonhad also waxed lyrical about the project. That is why Tinubu and Fashola are grinning cockily like proud parents

http://eftngr.com/opal/news/1-latest-news/2706-clinton-praises-atlantic-city-as-new-dubai.html

Ehem!

President Clinton, you mean?

I was waiting to see who would post first.

The 'ACN/APC e-warriors' or the 'laptop gang'?

I hope we don't end up with a 'civil war' here.

This has got to be the only picture in which I have seen President Jonathan and Asiwaju Tinubu smiling at a single point of interest, what do you think?

^^^

Can anyone confirm that the extension of the Great Wall means an expansion of the original size of Eko Atlantic or is the reporter just being overzealous?

On a lighter note, this has got to be the only picture in which I have seen President Jonathan and Asiwaju Tinubu smiling at a single point of interest, what do you think?

EKO ATLANTIC: A city set on water

Former President of the United States America, Bill Clinton, who also witnessed the unveiling of the project could not agree less that the devastating effects and disasters induced by ocean surge around the world in recent times call for such proactive step. He believes the project holds more prospects beyond serving as protective wall against ocean encroachment. To him, the Eko Atlantic City, when completed, will serve as a major tourist destination in Nigeria. “I am convinced that five years from now, many around the world will be coming to see this great wall,” Governor Fashola enthused.

Upon completion, the project, a joint venture by the Lagos State government and South Energyx Nigeria Limited, is projected to accommodate 250,000 residents with 150,000 others commuting to the city on daily basis. With the plan by the state government to expand the project from Bar Beach in Victoria Island to Alpha Beach in Lekki, it is expected that more residents will be accommodated. This, analysts believe, will further ease the housing problem which the nation is currently grappling with. Nigeria’s housing deficit is believed to be in the region of 16 million. Out of this figure Lagos state is estimated to harbour 30 percent of the deficit, which represents a total of five million.

http://sunnewsonline.com/new/specials/aspire/eko-atlantic-a-city-set-on-water/

austinkenneth: Please can someone upload pictures of the road here sothat we can even see how bad it is?

Eyeba2013 and any other interested parties over to you.

@austinkenneth, I hope you would focus your attention on the road and not the houses?

@Naptu, thanks for the heads up on the extension of the Great Wall. Dunno how I missed that one.

Lagos to Extend Eko Atlantic City Project

06 Mar 2013

Gboyega Akinsanmi

The Lagos State Government Tuesday unfolded plans to extend the Eko Atlantic City Project from the Bar Beach in Victoria Island to Alpha Beach in Lekki, as a way of permanently protecting lives and property along the state’s section of the Atlantic Ocean.

It also lamented the refusal of the Federal Government to fulfil its promise to address ocean erosion, which it said, affected strategic parts of the state before it took the initiative to build the Eko Atlantic City as a permanent solution to the ecological challenge.

The state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), explained the state’s response to ecological challenges during an inspection of some strategic projects in Lekki and Victoria Island yesterday, noting that the Federal Government had not given assistance to the state government in tackling the challenge.

Fashola, accompanied by the state’s Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello and his Works and Infrastructure counterpart, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, among others, inspected the International Arbitration Centre in Lekki, Maternal and Childcare Centre in Ajah, Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road project, Fairmont Garden Mixed Development and Dolphin jetty project.

During the inspection, the governor expressed the resolve of the state government “to protect lives and property along the shore. It is a major ecological challenge for the state. We are going to build and protect for another 7.3 kilometres and that would get to Alpha Beach.

“Last August, we had a big storm when the Atlantic ran into the Kuramo and threatened all the property in that axis. You will recall that we had to abandoned few projects that we intended to do on that axis and re-ordered our budget so that we could respond to the emergency to safe lives in some of the estates located on the axis.

“We are constructing infrastructure that will limit the ability of the sea to continue to affect the shoreline there and what we have seen in about six months work is very encouraging. We have saved property that would have been submerged.

“If we have not acted, the story would have been different. Perhaps, it is one of the significant projects that our budget implementation achieved last year. There is still a distance to go. That project will last three years. So we have only awarded the first phase.”


The governor lamented that in spite of the threat of ocean surge to lives and property along the Atlantic Ocean, the state government “has not received any help from anyone. But we continued because this is the right way to spend tax payers’ money.”

He, however, explained that the state government “is currently executing about 1,966 projects across the state ” and only about 300 of the projects had been inspected so far.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/lagos-to-extend-eko-atlantic-city-project/141363/

LAGOS TO EXTEND EKO ATLANTIC CITY PROJECT

Posted by My Lagos on March 10, 2013 // Leave Your Comment

Governor Fashola and guests at launching

The Lagos State Government Tuesday unfolded plans to extend the Eko Atlantic City Project from the Bar Beach in Victoria Island to Alpha Beach in Lekki, as a way of permanently protecting lives and property along the state’s section of the Atlantic Ocean.

It also lamented the refusal of the Federal Government to fulfil its promise to address ocean erosion, which it said, affected strategic parts of the state before it took the initiative to build the Eko Atlantic City as a permanent solution to the ecological challenge.

The state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), explained the state’s response to ecological challenges during an inspection of some strategic projects in Lekki and Victoria Island yesterday, noting that the Federal Government had not given assistance to the state government in tackling the challenge.

Fashola, accompanied by the state’s Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello and his Works and Infrastructure counterpart, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, among others, inspected the International Arbitration Centre in Lekki, Maternal and Childcare Centre in Ajah, Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road project, Fairmont Garden Mixed Development and Dolphin jetty project.

During the inspection, the governor expressed the resolve of the state government “to protect lives and property along the shore. It is a major ecological challenge for the state. We are going to build and protect for another 7.3 kilometres and that would get to Alpha Beach.

http://lagostomegacity.com/?p=582

naptu2: LASG says that it will extend the Great Wall of Lagos to that area in order to protect Alpha Beach

I did not know that!

Are you sure?

That'll be great!

[size=14pt]. . . then the LASG shifted the burden of building the coastal defences to the FG:[/size]

Nigeria: Danger Looms In Lekki
•Part of damaged areas of the beach caused by the flood at Lekki/Alpha Beach on Monday July 18, 2011.
INSET: Commissioner for Water Front and Infrastructure Development, PrInce Adesegun Oniru (2nd right), Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga (3rd left), Permanent Secretary, (Office of Drainage) Ministry of Environment, Engr. Muyideen Akinsanya (left) and the Environmentalist, Mr. Desmond Majekodunmi (2nd right), during the inspection of the beach by the Federal Government Ecological Fund Delegation team. With him are: Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello (left) and the Permanent Secretary, (Office of Drainage) Ministry of Environment, Engr. Muyideen Akinsanya (right)


In the next three months, thousands of houses and residents abutting the Alpha Beach in Lekki area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria will be sacked by coastal erosion by the ocean, warns the Lagos State Government.

Already, in the last two weeks, the 20 metres of coastline has been lost to the ocean as the water from the sea is less than 70 metres away from residential area and several shanties abutting the ocean.

Commissioner for Waterfront Development and Infrastructure, Prince Segun Oniru disclosed this on Monday when a team from the Federal Government came to inspect the level of damage caused by the recent flood in Lagos and submit its finding to President Goodluck Jonathan.

The team was led by the Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, while the Permanent Secretary, Ecological Funds in the Office of the Presidency, Mrs. Ibukun Odusote was also in the team. The team inspected the Mayegun Beach where several shipwrecks are causing coastal erosion in the area and the Alpha Beach faced with the same problem of coastal erosion.

According to Oniru, who spoke at the Alpha Beach, residents in the area were in grave danger as the water from the ocean is fast approaching residential area and called on the Federal Government to do something urgent to safeguard the lives of people and properties.

He said the only urgent solution to halt the coastal erosion was for the Federal Government to reclaim the lost area to the beach by creating an embankment like it was done to the Bar Beach to prevent it from eroding the Ahmadu Bello Way.

“I cannot say how much it will cost to solve the problem of the beach but the Federal Government still needs to come to inspect the area to find solution to it.

“You can’t fight nature but you can only appease it. We need to push back the water and protect the beach from eroding. If nothing is done, in the next three to six months, everything you see here (houses and people) won’t be here anymore. In the last two weeks, we have lost 20 metres of the coastline to the ocean. What we are witnessing at the beach is natural erosion and a consequence of the rise in water level which is a result of global warming,” he stated.

He said the Alpha Beach which had been severely eroded and had damaged the roads needed urgent attention to save the impending danger.

Also speaking, Aganga said the Federal Government would surely come to the aid of Lagos, saying that the state government had already compiled what it needed, which he said would be forwarded to the president for action.

“We have heard that 20 metres of coastline had already been lost to the ocean in the last two weeks and that if we don’t do something about it, the people you see behind you here won’t be here anymore. We are here to assess the situation,” he said.

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/07/19/nigeria-danger-looms-in-lekki/

[size=14pt]Since the visit nothing concrete has been done, either by the FG or the LASG[/size]

https://www.nairaland.com/804007/whats-happening-lekki-axis-3/1#9809014

Ilaje44: If you knew that in the mid 1970s there was no road to these places, you would be grateful for the little development you have now.

I am shocked!

You really mean I should be grateful that development has come to citizens of a country in the 21st century?

Are the indigenes of Aja/Lekki not citizens of Nigeria?
Don't they fulfil their civic responsibilities?

Your comment highlights the damage done to our national psyche by the prolonged military interregnum exemplified by your own experience under the jackboots of the Obasanjo government!

I am shocked that after 14 years of uninterrupted civilian rule anyone would make such a comment.

No harm intended!

austinkenneth: That is not one of the worst roads in Lagos and na BIG BOYS area be that. The affluent people who live there should either arrange to fix or continue waiting. If I'm BRF I'll concentrate on the welfare of the poor and middle class.

Both New Road (which leads to the beach) and Alpha Beach-Lafiaji Road (which runs parallel to the ocean banks) need urgent attention.

New Road used to lead to one of the most active tourist spots in Lagos, Alpha Beach, until recently. The tourism potential of the area has now been killed by the neglect of both the Federal and State Government.

In addition to that, there are scores of poor and middle class people who live at Alpha Beach, some already displaced from their ancestral homes.

The president and state governor have both visited the site. They flew to the site by helicopter (I know for sure the president did) and made promises but nothing is yet to be done.

I personally take exception to the notion that only the rich and affluent live in Lekki. This is just an unfortunate generalisation which must stop!

There are communities in Lekki whose only link to 'civilisation' are roads that were constructed by DFRRI (during the Babangida years).

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Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has been asked to rescind his decision to impose his daughter, Shade Tinubu-Ojo, as the new leader of market women in the state.

Peoples Democratic Party, in a statement on Monday by its Lagos Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, urged him to allow democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader.

“You should allow the simple tenets of democracy to prevail in the selection of a new leader for the market women, more so as there is no cogent evidence that the nominee is a full-time market woman,” the statement said.

The former governor had allegedly announced the choice during the eighth day Firdau prayer for his mother and former leader of Association of Market Women and Men of Nigeria, Alhaja Abibat Mogaji.

The statement said, “The former governor plans to confirm this choice to market leaders at a meeting he has summoned for Tuesday (today) at his residence.

“This new development portends great danger for our democracy and indeed Lagos’ integrity. We are thus calling on Governor Babatunde Fashola not to sit on the fence at this auspicious time.”

http://www.punchng.com/metro/dont-impose-your-daughter-on-market-women-pdp/