The Commissioner For Environment, Tokunbo Wahab, said this while speaking with journalists after the inspection tour of drainage enforcement at Cele underbridge on Lagos Apapa Oshodi Expressway on Wednesday.
Browsing: Shanties
The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a statement he issued on Saturday.
The settlement, Ruga, with hundreds of shanties made from sacks, planks, and scrap roofing sheets, was destroyed and set ablaze.
The Oyo State Government has evacuated 359 illegal structures and shanties shielding its public primary and secondary school premises within the Ibadan metropolis.
Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab in furtherance of the directives Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday supervised the removal of shanties on the setbacks and rights of way of Lagos Blue Rail line corridor from Orile to Iyana Iba, urging all those concerned to either move behind the road setback or relocate outright.
The Chairman of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce), CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated this after the removal of shanties and kiosks at Marwa Ghetto, Lekki, over the weekend.