Flooding: LASG apologises to Lagos Island residents, business owners
The Lagos State Government (LASG), on Friday, apologised to Lagos Island residents and business owners over the stagnant storm water due to the ongoing regeneration construction in the area.
The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, gave the apology while speaking with journalists after an inspection tour of the ongoing urban regeneration construction at Aroloya, Oroyinyin, Ojo Giwa, and Binuyo in Lagos Island.
“We came to see what Julius Berger has been up to in the past few months, and we are glad at the pace of work that’s been done.
“They are taking a new position, raising the height of the road as well as out of the drainage, and you have seen the quality of what is being done there.
“To facilitate the construction work, we’ve had to temporarily flood certain areas and then pump out the water, which has caused some inconvenience for island residents.
“We apologise and we are still apologising. The inconvenience is temporary for us to give a permanent solution to what has become a disturbing phenomenon on Lagos Island for a while,” he said.
The commissioner also took a walk to Oja oba and Adenije Adele bridge to know the extent of work that had been done to discharge the storm water into the lagoon.
Wahab who said the project would likely be completed in two years appealed to Lagos Island residents to be patient.
“The project will be in phases which will be between nine, 15, 18 and 24 months,” he said.
Wahab appealed to resident to dispose their wastes properly in order to avoid flood.
“We just want to beg our citizens and appeal to them. There is no need for you to put your wastes on the road or by the roadside.
“No need to throw them into the drainage system. It’s a recipe for crisis beyond flooding, health challenges, and other things.
“On our part, we keep doing the advocacy and also enforce and sanction people that are not ready to comply and just outrightly incorrigible. So, that’s what we’re doing,”
