Sunday, July 7, 2024 - As part of efforts to prevent flooding in the state, the Lagos State government has given property owners who built illegal structures and squatters along Gbagada Bariga Channel a 48-hour vacation notice.
Disclosing this on X, the state
Commissioner of Water and Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, said the drainage channel
which defloods Bariga, Gbagada, Sholuyi downstream communities and environs,
and discharges into System 1 has been taken over by squatters who has
constituted nuisance and security risks to the Estate, and property
owners who deliberately built to obstruct free flow of water in the area.
According to Wahab, shanties were
erected along the length of the channel and their activities had blocked
collectors that are supposed to carry stormwater into the Channel which
resulted to the flooding experienced during the week.
He added that upon expiration of the
notices served, the operatives of Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and
Water Resources will commence removal of those contravening structures in order
to deflood the area.
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