Houses In Jakande Estate About To Be Demolished
Category: Lagos News
The Lagos State House of Assembly has now summoned Moruf-Akinderu Fatai,
Commissioner for Housing, and Oluwatobi Lawal, Managing Director, Lagos
Building Investment Company (LBIC).
The officials and some
residents were invited over the planned demolition of some houses in the
Jakande Estate area of Eti-Osa.
This followed an issue raised
under ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ by Hon. Noheem Adams, Deputy
Majority Leader of the House.
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Adams said the residents, between 70 and 80 years old, stormed his
residence Tuesday morning and appealed that the government be stopped from
demolishing their houses.
He recalled that majority of them lived
in Maroko until their houses were demolished in the 1990s. The authorities
then relocated them to Jakande Estate.
Adams told his colleagues
that the residents now face threats of their buildings being demolished.
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The residents already wrote a petition to the Speaker which is being
addressed by the House Committee on Public Petitions headed by Hon. Victor
Akande.
On September 23, Akande led a House delegation to the
estate alongside some LBIC officials who promised that the company would not
demolish buildings in the area.
But on October 12, the LBIC went
to there to mark houses for demolition, according to the lawmaker.
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In his contribution, Hon. Rotimi Olowo said the parties should reach
mutual understanding because the home owners had invested heavily in the
place.
The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who approved the invitation
of the commissioner and the LBIC boss, said it was necessary to understand the
position of the government.
Why now
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