Lagos Demolishes Shanties On Blue Rail Line Corridor
The Lagos State Government has intensified its efforts to rid some areas in the state of illegal structures and shanties as the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, in accordance to the directives of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, supervised the demolition of shanties on the setbacks and rights of way of Lagos Blue Rail line corridor from Orile to Iyana Iba.
The commissioner was with the Chairman of the Special Intervention Team for the restoration of the Blue Line Right of Way, ACP Bayo Sulaiman; the Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Gaji Omobolaji, and the counterpart in the Office of Drainage Services, Lekan Shodeinde.
Wahab said in a statement issued on Monday that there was a need to ensure a complete restoration of the right of way, including that of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
He added that the enforcement became necessary after the expiration of the one-month notice given by Sanwo-Olu to all street traders, squatters and occupiers of shanties and abandoned vehicles on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway from Orile up to Iyana-Iba.
“The Special Intervention Team is cleaning up the Lagos-Badagry (Expressway) to rid (it) of all environmental nuisances and black spots. The exercise would be sustained to ensure that ejected squatters do not return to rebuild these shanties,” Wahab stated.
