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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has described the demolition of buildings at the Lagos Trade Fair Complex as heartbreaking.

Speaking on Friday during President Bola Tinubu’s visit to Abia State for the commissioning of projects executed by the Governor Alex Otti administration, Kalu said the exercise “makes our hearts bleed.”

The president was represented at the event by the Minister of Works, David Umahi.

“Mr President, I also want to say that the destruction, demolition of the houses and offices of our brothers in Lagos makes our hearts bleed,” Kalu said.

The Deputy Speaker appealed to President Tinubu to intervene with the Lagos authorities and allow defaulters time to regularise their documents instead of losing their properties.

“For some of them who have not gotten the right document, my plea is to appeal to the governor of Lagos State (Babajide Sanwo-Olu) to keep accommodating our brothers.

“Let them come into the room and find a way of regularising some of these documents. It bleeds our hearts that in this hard time, houses are being destroyed. But I know Mr President, who cares for the Igbos, will listen to the yearnings of the Igbos,” he said.

He also called on the Federal Government to prioritise port development in the South East to support the region’s trading economy.

His appeal follows the commencement of the demolition of illegal and unsafe structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos.

DAILY POST reports that the operation, carried out on September 25, involved the Ministry of Physical Planning, the Lagos State Building Control Agency, the Urban Renewal Agency, and the Physical Planning Permit Authority.

iwaeda:
It is getting clearer that LASG is doing sentimental cleansing. Can the same rule be applied to Ebute-Meta, Lagos Island, where houses are clustered without PLAN.

iwaeda:
It is getting clearer that LASG is doing sentimental cleansing. Can the same rule be applied to Ebute-Meta, Lagos Island, where houses are clustered without PLAN.

iwaeda:
It is getting clearer that LASG is doing sentimental cleansing. Can the same rule be applied to Ebute-Meta, Lagos Island, where houses are clustered without PLAN.

Shawnnn01:
Lagos I think is telling you to do your worse.

kettykin:
The worst form of submission is continuing to empower a system that sidelines you.
Imagine if every Igbo entrepreneur and consumer consciously boycotted goods, services, and products headquartered in Lagos , from telecommunications and banking to oil, gas, and corporate giants profiting from the East while paying taxes elsewhere.

Picture the inauguration of a strategic economic revival team that mandates every Igbo business operating in Lagos to establish a parallel enterprise in the East under a new brand identity before being licensed to trade locally. Add to that a sales tax on goods not produced in the East, and a cultural policy ensuring at least 10% airtime for artists and content creators based in the region.

The message is simple and urgent,The East must wake up, organize, and reclaim its own economic destiny.
We are empowering Lagos too much , now that Lagos has turned into the economic powerhouse of yorubas, any business on the east paying tax tp Lagos should be treated with less priority.


Please notice I left out the churches out of reverence for God.

Ofunaofu:
When I see comments like this, I genuinely regret and wonder where some of you crawl out from. Lagos is telling who to ‘do their worst’? You beat your chest and, yet your family doesn’t even own a plot the size of a Keke parking spot in Lagos. Lagos was built by sweat, sacrifice, and the hands of people from all over Nigeria and beyond. Some of you only stumbled into Lagos yesterday, clinging to a Yoruba surname like it’s a deed of ownership, shouting entitlement as if history started with you. Calm down being loud doesn’t make you right, it just makes you noisy.

slivertongue:
The message is clear Nigerians must build their own Lagos in their regions

kettykin:
The worst form of submission is continuing to empower a system that sidelines you.
Imagine if every Igbo entrepreneur and consumer consciously boycotted goods, services, and products headquartered in Lagos , from telecommunications and banking to oil, gas, and corporate giants profiting from the East while paying taxes elsewhere.

Picture the inauguration of a strategic economic revival team that mandates every Igbo business operating in Lagos to establish a parallel enterprise in the East under a new brand identity before being licensed to trade locally. Add to that a sales tax on goods not produced in the East, and a cultural policy ensuring at least 10% airtime for artists and content creators based in the region.

The message is simple and urgent,The East must wake up, organize, and reclaim its own economic destiny.
We are empowering Lagos too much , now that Lagos has turned into the economic powerhouse of yorubas, any business on the east paying tax tp Lagos should be treated with less priority.


Please notice I left out the churches out of reverence for God.

Ttalk:
You mean all these goes on in your mind?

What you failed to know is that Ibo traders in Lagos depend on Lagos purchasing power and not other way round, don't get it twisted bro

Ttalk:
Why are you so inconsiderate and always make everything to be Igbo vs Yoruba.

What about other tribes that their properties were destroyed including that of Yoruba and Lagos indigene.

The whole community of indigenous people were destroyed without compensation.

I lost a family properties to Army barrack, INEC office and school, yet many of us take it as a necessary sacrifice for the betterment of Lagos state.

Grow up and be objective, no amount of victimisation cry will change anything.

johnmartus:
It's so sad that the so called government are the one doing this to innocent peoples. I know some people that never buy bag of cement @ their 30,40,50 not to talk of acquired a land will support this nonsense that lagos state government are doing to people.

They will employ touts to oversee government institutions. This touts they will keep collecting bribery and intimidating those who are not willing to pay.

Ofunaofu:
You're clearly deflecting because you can't address the actual point. Nobody said Yoruba people didn't sacrifice for Lagos. But the issue here is not about general loss of land to public development that’s a separate conversation, and frankly, not what this is about.

The original comment was calling out the arrogance, entitlement, and tribal superiority complex some people parade around as if Lagos owes them something more than others, despite the fact that Lagos was built by the collective effort of diverse Nigerians, Yoruba included, but not exclusively.

Losing family land to public institutions like army barracks or INEC offices isn’t unique to you or your tribe, it's happened all over Nigeria. Trying to use that as a counterpoint to the call-out of tribal bîgótry is a weak attempt to dodge accountability. It’s not victimisation to state historical facts and challenge revisionist entitlement.

So let’s stay on topic: If you’re going to beat your chest about "owning" Lagos and telling others to “do their worst,” don’t get sensitive when people remind you that Lagos is bigger than your surname, your big.otry and your ego. This isn't Igbo vs Yoruba, it's ignorance vs truth. Try not to confuse the two.

Ofunaofu:
When I see comments like this, I genuinely regret and wonder where some of you crawl out from. Lagos is telling who to ‘do their worst’? You beat your chest and, yet your family doesn’t even own a plot the size of a Keke parking spot in Lagos. Lagos was built by sweat, sacrifice, and the hands of people from all over Nigeria and beyond. Some of you only stumbled into Lagos yesterday, clinging to a Yoruba surname like it’s a deed of ownership, shouting entitlement as if history started with you. Calm down being loud doesn’t make you right, it just makes you noisy.

Burob:
Lagos was built by the hands of people from all over Nigeria u claim, but how come na only always Igbo dey complain of victimization in Lagos State?

Burob:
Lagos was built by the hands of people from all over Nigeria u claim, but how come na only always Igbo dey complain of victimization in Lagos State?

helinues:
When Gov Soludo of Anambra state demolished some buildings, what was your response then? Kindly show us your submission

iwaeda:
It is getting clearer that LASG is doing sentimental cleansing. Can the same rule be applied to Ebute-Meta, Lagos Island, where houses are clustered without PLAN.

Ofunaofu:
When I see comments like this, I genuinely regret and wonder where some of you crawl out from. Lagos is telling who to ‘do their worst’? You beat your chest and, yet your family doesn’t even own a plot the size of a Keke parking spot in Lagos. Lagos was built by sweat, sacrifice, and the hands of people from all over Nigeria and beyond. Some of you only stumbled into Lagos yesterday, clinging to a Yoruba surname like it’s a deed of ownership, shouting entitlement as if history started with you. Calm down being loud doesn’t make you right, it just makes you noisy.

Spandau:
Oh, you didn't see it as an irritating noise when your kin were busy declaring Lagos a no man's land which has been conquered by Ibo (when Obi won Lagos with the help of Yorubas) or when they were doing nzogbu nzogbu dances with cutlasses and machetes. You haven't seen anything yet. There are consequences for actions.