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A 3-day removal notice of all illegal structures, trucks and vehicles has been served to squatters at Iganmu Under Bridge (Whitesand) by Lagos State Taskforce. This has become necessary in view of the rising traffic robberies experienced in Ijora and Apapa axis of the State.

LASG SERVES IGANMU UNDERBRIDGE SQUATTERS REMOVAL NOTICE

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) today served squatters at Iganmu Under Bridge (Whitesand) a 3 – day Removal Notice of all illegal structures, trucks and vehicles in the area.


The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye, advised the owners of the illegal structures, abandoned trucks and shanties to immediately remove them as well as vacate the area within the stipulated date given to them by the State Government.

CSP Jejeloye while appealing to traders, mechanics, and other squatters living under the bridge in clusters noted that Government would enforce the 3-day removal notice on Thursday, 13 May 2021.

He disclosed that the 'Removal Notice' became necessary in view of the rising incidences of traffic robberies around the area and environmental nuisance caused by the squatters in the area.

The Chairman noted that Government is worried by the squalid environment and that it is serving as hideouts for criminals, who daily dispossess road users of their valuables every now and then, adding that the present nature of the environment allow criminals to escape police arrest.

He added that the State Government is committed to reducing the traffic incidence around Ijora and Apapa and therefore becomes important to remove every bottlenecks to such policy. He stated that the indiscriminate parking and abandonment of trucks on the road is inimical to that policy.

He warned the owners of abandoned trucks and vehicles, shanties, containers, kiosks to remove them from the area before the expiration of the deadline, adding that this won’t be the first Notice of Removal being served on the occupiers.

"Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s newly signed 'Executive Order' on traffic and sanitation declared zero tolerance for environmental abuse, illegal and indiscriminate dumping of refuse and defacing the environment.

I can assure you that Government would enforce this notice come this Thursday”.

Femi Moliki
Public Affairs Officer
Lagos State Taskforce
10th May, 2021

naptu2:
The perennial African football problem. My dad talked about this problem in the 1980s. Chief Abiola talked about it in that 1992 interview with Segun Odegbami. How are we going to solve this problem?


You see, some people advocate that countries should only play qualifiers within their region, in order to reduce the expense that they incur. For example, Nigeria should only play qualifiers against teams in West Africa, Cameroon should only play qualifiers against teams in Central Africa, etc. This will ensure that teams do not have to travel long distances and it would help to conserve funds (African teams are not the richest of teams).

However, this raises a big problem. There are some regions that are packed full of African football powerhouses and scheduling qualifiers in this way will mean that those powerhouses are eliminated early. Furthermore, there are some regions that are packed full of minnows and this kind of scheduling will ensure that the minnows go through and it would reduce the quality of the competition and ensure that Africa presents weak representatives at major international tournaments.


This is the draw for the African Women Cup of Nations that were concluded this afternoon. Look at the teams in WAFU B and see how strong they are (Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast) and then look at the teams in WAFU A or UNAF and look at how weak they are.

On behalf of the Lagos State Government @followlasg, @HEFAMAA_LASG commiserates with the family of Mrs. Peju Ugboma, may God in His infinite mercies bless her soul and give the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

Meanwhile, the Honorable Commissioner @LSMOH, @ProfAkinAbayomi has directed @HEFAMAA_LASG; the agency charged with the responsibility of accrediting, monitoring, and inspecting all public and private health facilities in the State, to conduct a proper investigation on the occurrence to establish the facts of the matter.


We assure the family and the public that @HEFAMAA_LASG will do the needful to get to the root of the matter and ensure #JusticeForPeju with a view to preventing such unfortunate incidents in the future.