Lagos State enforcement teams demolished or removed 1,544 structures illegally built on drainage channels across the city between 2025 and April 2026, according to figures released by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
The Drainage Enforcement and Compliance Department identified a total of 2,218 structures in various communities that were found to be situated on or obstructing drainage alignments.
Of those, 1,544 were successfully cleared, a success rate that the ministry attributed to 70 per cent.
The remaining 30 per cent, roughly 674 structures, were not removed during the period under review. The ministry gave no timeline for when those would be addressed.
The figures were disclosed at the ministry’s annual press briefing held recently at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa.
