
TRAFFIC SNARL: LAGOS COMMENCES REMOVAL OF INNER GATES IN LEKKI
- …Action Aimed At Restoring State’s Aesthetics, Masterplan
In order to restore the state’s Masterplan and ensure a healthier environment, The Lagos State Government on Saturday came to the rescue of several residents of the state especially in the Lekki 1 axis who are suffering untold hardship of inaccessibility by removing permanently closed inner roads gates.
The enforcement operation which was authorized by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu followed several days of traffic snarl which residents connecting Lekki were experiencing due to inaccessibility of connecting roads.
Roads and streets already enforced since the operation started include Sir Rufus Foluso Giwa, Theopilus Oji, Osaro Isokpan, Abike Sulaiman, Ben Okagbue MBA, Olubunmi Rotimi, Olanrewaju Ninalowo, Dele Adedeji, Abayomi Sonuga, Siji Soetan and Rasheed Alaba Williams.
The State Government, as a responsive one, decided to commence the Enforcement following the indiscriminate mounting and multiplicity of the gates in many parts of the state, defacing the aesthetics of the environment.
Speaking on the development, Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab said the State Government will restore the aesthetics being defaced by the indiscriminate gates by removing them across the state.
He urged all residents’ associations that have such gates in their estates or communities and always putting them under permanent lock and keys to remove them voluntarily.
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