- Safiu Kehinde
The Lagos State Government has declared 176 estates across the state as illegal with a 21-days ultimatum issued to the developers for the processing of layout approval.
This was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the Office of Physical Planning’s Public Affairs Director, Mukaila Sanusi.
According to Sanusi, the estates which are predominantly located in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, and Epe axis of the state were deemed illegal due to their failure to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
The Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Oluwole Sotire, held that the illegal estates compromised the sustainable development ethos and the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda of the Lagos State Government.
He reportedly gave the owners of the affected estates 21 days to submit the necessary documents to his office in the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, to process their layout approvals.
Some of the estates listed in the statement include Adron Homes, Elerangbe; Aina Gold Estate, Okun-Folu; Diamond Estate, Eputu; Prime Water View Garden, Ikate Elegushi; and Royal View Estate, Ikota, among others.
The statement read in part; “The Lagos State Government has identified 176 illegal estate developments, predominantly located in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, and Epe axis of the state, and has given them a 21-day ultimatum to process their layout approvals.
“These estates, deemed illegal due to their failure to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, were listed in a document published by the Ministry on Monday.
