Already Africa’s most populated city with around 20 million, Lagos already strains from heaving traffic and poor services that barely cater to an urban sprawl where wealthy waterside enclaves neighbour cluttered poorer districts. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
The Lagos State Government has clamped down on illegal and substandard jetty construction in Ijegun-Egba in Amuwo Odofin LGA by the community.
In a statement by Jubril Gawat, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Babajide Sanwo, on his X account, Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Yacoob Ekundayo Alebiosu, directed that a ‘Stop-Work-Order’ should be served on the builders of the jetty on Saturday.
Alebiosu said the construction falls short of the prescribed standard for safety.
He said the state government will not fold its hands and allow anybody to endanger the lives of its citizens particularly school children that use the jetty daily.
The commissioner urged them to use the jetty constructed by the government which he said is enough to serve the people of the area.
He advised residents who want to build private jetties to do all the necessary environmental impact assessments and obtain the necessary clearance from the Ministry before embarking on such projects.
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