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The directive came from the Commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab and his counterpart in the transportation ministry, Oluwaseun Osiyemi.
The Lagos State Government on Sunday gave a four-day relocation notice to all squatters under the Obalende bridge as well as illegal motor park operators and buses who have moved to the main roads.
The directive came from the Commissioner for the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab and his counterpart in the transportation ministry, Oluwaseun Osiyemi.
Wahab and Osiyemi alongside the Special Adviser on Environment, Kunle Rotimi-Akodu, Transportation, Hon. Sola Giwa and Permanent Secretary, Drainages, Engr Mahmood Adegbite also inspected Apongbon Underbridge, Ijora Underbridge and Surulere opposite National Stadium, the Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, said in a statement on Sunday.
Speaking with journalists after the inspection, Wahab said all shanties, dwellers, traders, squatters and abandoned vehicles presently under the Obalende bridge must vacate the area by Thursday afternoon as enforcement would commence in the early hours of Friday.
He added that all commercial vehicle operators who are on the main roads in Obalende must relocate to the various parks provided for them because the “government has had enough of the defacement of the aesthetics of Obalende by the operators and it must now be restored”.
He added that immediately after the clean-up is done, the park operators will be compelled to take over their parks and move away from the roads.
The Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu said the objective of the exercise was clear, adding that the government means well for the people of Lagos and as such the beauty of the state will be restored.
“This clean-up exercise is necessary because illegal occupiers threaten our security and hinder economic survival in the state. The yearning of the people is what the government is out to achieve," he said
He urged all residents to ensure that they cooperate with the state government in its bid to have a cleaner and healthier Lagos.
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