The Commissioner for Bodily Planning and City Growth in Lagos State, Dr. Olumide Oluyinka, has stated solely properties with planning approvals shall be compensated for demolition within the development of the Lagos-calabar coastal highway.
He disclosed this on the Affiliation of the Actual Property Brokers in Nigeria summit held in Lagos on Tuesday, with the theme, “Constructing Enduring Partnership for a future.”
He stated, “We’re clearing the coastal highway, and a few homes could be affected, in the event you would not have planning allow approval, you can’t be compensated.”
Talking on the quantity of properties to be demolished, the commissioner stated it was troublesome to find out the variety of properties.
He added, “All of the properties to be demolished are all of the properties on the highway manner, as a result of they’ve been duly knowledgeable.
“The proprietor of properties with title could be compensated, however house owners of properties with none approval, it’s a pity, they won’t be compensated.”
Oluyinka famous that the house owners of those properties have been knowledgeable, and the subsequent stage is the compensation stage.
He famous, “We now have knowledgeable them, the subsequent stage, for these which can be due for compensation, is to write down to them formally to allow them to know and the worth of what they might be compensated with.”
The PUNCH experiences that officers from the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Tradition, led by the commissioner, Toke Benson-Awoyinka, had not too long ago met and sought the understanding of residents of the Iru space of the state, significantly people who could be affected by the continuing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Street undertaking by the Federal Authorities.
Awoyinka, on the assembly held on the palace of the paramount conventional ruler of Iru Land, Oba Abdulwasiu Abisogun II, the Oniru of Iru land, stated the federal government would look into how you can get well timed compensation for affected individuals “as a result of the Lagos State Authorities won’t go away the group members to bear any burden that comes with this undertaking alone.”
A report by a leisure, and way of life vacation spot growth firm, Landmark Africa Group, had additionally stated the destruction of its properties to present manner for the development of Lagos-Calabar freeway would threaten 80 companies, and result in the lack of 16,000 jobs in its ecosystem.
The Federal Authorities in March stated it had commenced the development of a 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal freeway.
The Minister of Works, David Umahi, disclosed this in an announcement issued by his Particular Adviser on Media, Orji Uchenna, in Abuja.
It got here every week after the Federal Govt Council authorised a contract price N1.067tn for the primary section of the freeway’s development.
The works minister stated the 47.47km twin carriageway has 5 lanes on both sides and a practice monitor within the center. Umahi defined that it fashioned a part of the 700km highway spanning 9 states, with two spurs main up north, noting that the ability could be constructed with concrete.
