File: State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab
The Lagos State Government has said it will sustain the demolition of illegal structures and shanties along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway as part of efforts to restore environmental sanity and prevent the misuse of public spaces.
The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, made this known in a statement he released on Monday.
According to him, the enforcement exercise, which has been ongoing for the past three weeks, would be followed by continuous surveillance to ensure that the cleared areas are not reoccupied.
PUNCH Online reports that the state government has in recent years intensified enforcement against illegal structures, roadside markets and environmental infractions across Lagos, insisting that indiscriminate occupation of road setbacks, drainage channels and other public spaces contributes to flooding, traffic congestion and public health risks.
