LASG to recover Right of Way (RoW) in Badagry hinterland
By LAGOS State government said plans are underway to recover the Right of Way (RoW) of Aradagun-Imeke-Iworo-Ajido-Epeme-roads in Badagry Local Government Area of the state, with adequate measures put in place to compensate all identified property owners that would be affected by the exercise.
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, made this known while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting held at Ikeja, saying the essence of the meeting was to carry every stakeholder along on the planned action.
The commissioner, who was represented by TPL Philomena Adenuga, said government planned to construct high-grade roads with interlocking bricks in the communities in order to ensure sustainable physical and socio-economic development of the area.
“I want to assure all the affected property owners that the state government would compensate you accordingly. I encourage you to submit any relevant documents such as Land Receipt, Survey Plan, Approved Building Plan Permit or any document which would serve as proof of ownership along with the copies of the Statutory Notices served to your structures to the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development at Block 15, the Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja to facilitate the payment of compensation,” he said.
Ogunleye, however, urged the stakeholders to ensure that developments embarked upon in the area after the intervention of the state government are done in line with the Badagry Masterplan.
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He insisted that the developments must adhere to Town Planning and Building Laws and Regulations to ensure a sustainable physical and socio-economic environment.
Earlier, the representative of the permanent secretary in the ministry, Tpl. Adekunle Osude urged the stakeholders to take advantage of the six-month window given by the government to all owners of existing structures in the state to regularise their documents without Penal Charges.
According to him, this must be done in line with the amnesty offer which commenced on 1st March 2018 and to end on August 31st, 2018.
Analysing the project brief, Engr. Oladotun Lasoju said the recovery of ROW would require the removal of structures which posed as encumbrances for the reconstruction and upgrade of the road networks to take place.
“The proposed alignment is 6.6km with 21m width ROW that transverses three settlements of Iworo, Ajido and Epeme. The road alignment started from the end of the newly constructed Iwere Bridge and at about 600m into the length swerved away from the existing roads thereby affecting some structures in the core area of Imeke town,” he said.
The traditional rulers, who were in attendance, including Oniworo of Iworo Kingdom, HRM, Oba (Dr.) Oladele Idris Kosoko Ogundeyi II; Toyiga I of Ajido, HRM, Oba Adamson Shaheed Temitope Sedonu and Oyikilu I, Ajagunle of Imeke Kingdom, HRM, Oba Abraham Olatunji Ogabi (JP), all stressed the need for the stakeholders to embrace development by cooperating with the contractors and government officials.
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