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The Lagos State government is set
to commence the removal of illegal building extension and conversion across the
state, two weeks from now.
This was disclosed by the
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Oluyinka Olumide.
He frowned at the unwholesome
practice of illegally converting residential to commercial premises and unduly
erecting attachments to buildings, saying that it was high time for sanity and
orderliness to reign across the State.
He maintained that the state
would not tolerate the spate of lawlessness witnessed in commercial centres
such as Lagos Island, Ikeja, and Iyana-Ipaja, where shops are illegally
extended with sheds and steel external staircase in a bid to attract customers.
He gave two weeks ultimatum for
owners of illegal extensions to remove them, failing which the State Government
would commence statewide demolition of such structures, precisely on 15th
February, starting from Lagos Island.
In the same vein, the
Commissioner asked those who erected structures within the Right of Way of
power lines, canals, and pipelines to prepare for a massive enforcement by the
ministry in two weeks' time.
He stressed that the government
would stop at nothing to ensure a livable and sustainable built environment.
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