The Lagos State Government has commenced the removal of unapproved gates around Lekki area of the state. Officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources were seen on Saturday, pulling down gates erected on streets without the approval of the government.
A spokesperson of the ministry, Kunle Adeshina stated on his X handle that the action was taken in order to ‘rescue’ residents from the hardships which such gates pose to them in the area. He said: “The enforcement operation which was authorized by Mr Governor followed several days of traffic snarl which residents connecting Lekki were experiencing due to the inaccessibility of connecting roads.
He “Roads and streets already enforced since the operation started include Sir Rufus Foluso Giwa, Theopilus Oji, Osaro lsokpan, Abike Sulaiman, Ben Okagbue MBA, Olubunmi Rotimi, Olanrewaju Ninalowo, Dele Adedeji, Abayomi Sonuga, Siji Soetan, and Rasheed Alaba Williams.” He added
Adeshina described the situation as “the indiscriminate mounting and multiplicity of the gates, defacing the aesthetics of the environment.” He added that the government was out to “rescue several residents of the state, especially in the Lekki 1 axis, who are suffering untold hardship of inaccessibility by removing permanently closed inner roads gates.”
The ministry spokesperson added that the Commissioner for the state’s Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, urged all resident associations that have such gates in their estates or communities, and always putting them under permanent lock and keys, to remove them voluntarily, adding that the state will restore the aesthetics being defaced by the indiscriminate gates by removing them across the state.
