Lagos govt commences removal of illegal gates in Lekki
The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has announced the removal of illegal gates that are permanently closed along the Lekki Phase 1 axis.
He revealed this in a post on his official X page on Saturday, December 23.
He wrote partly: “Following several days of traffic snarl, which residents connecting Lekki were experiencing due to the inability to access connecting roads due to the indiscriminate mounting and multiplicity of the gates in many parts of the state, defacing the aesthetics of the environment and causing unnecessary traffic in the major roads.
“Lagos State Government through the Enforcement team of the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has commenced the removal of illegal gates that are permanently closed around Lekki 1 axis.”
He further added the areas where these removals will take place “These gates include; Sir Rufus Foluso Giwa Road, Theophilus Oji Road, Osaro Isokpan Road, Abike Sulaiman Road, Ben Okagbue MBA Road, Olubunmi Rotimi Road, Olanrewaju Ninalowo Road, Dele Adedeji road, Abayomi Sonuga road, Siji Soetan and Rasheed Alaba Williams roads.”
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The gates are not the cause of traffic,the volume of cars passing through Lekki phase 1 especially during this yuletide period is the main reason for traffic congestion.
The gates were errected to provide security for the residents after the aftermath of the endsars. Lekki phase 1 was seriously attacked and many lost so much.
Lekki phase 1 is full of homeless and hungry people just walking around to break into homes.
Lekki phase 1, is also full of uber and bolt drivers who leave inside their vehicles and use the surroundings to defecate,bath and also dump their waste. They are also security risk.
The police and also government agencies are overwhelmed with this issues as they have tried to assist with these problems in the past, hence the residents arranged to provide security for themselves.
Of course the gates are opened fully all day till 8pm with security men to drive away the homeless and uber drivers, the 8pm was extended to 10 pm when the state government
demanded for it just for the yuletide period.
It is a fact that some residents who turned their homes into hotels and commercial activities in a strictly residential zones are not happy because it disturbs their businesses.
The question is who gave the approval?
The gates have been removed ,carted away and now exposing the residents to high security risks.
We pray that nothing will happen while also appeal to the government to see our reasons for installing gates.