Lagos Seals Mikano Property Over Illegal Reclamation Of Waterfront

As part of efforts to sanitise construction along its waterfront corridor, Lagos State government has sealed a property belonging to Mikano International Limited over alleged disobedience to its order to stop further construction on the site.

 The  property, which is a eight floors- building  under construction, located along  Queens’ Drive, was sealed during a joint inspection exercise conducted by the Commissioner of Waterfront Infrastructure Development,  Ekundayo Alebiosu; and his Physical Planning and Urban Development counterpart Dr Olumide Olayinka.  The duo expressed their displeasure at the total disregard for constituted authority and disregard for government’s order which restrained further construction on the site by its owner.

The commissioners disclosed that the government had earlier issued a Stop Work Notice on the site, for its owner to provide necessary documents regarding government’s approval for the project.

 The commissioners corrected the notion that the government has been  ignoring those flouting the laws because of those involved.

 Alebiosu said, “Government cannot be aiding those who are flouting the law and still ask us to go out and do what we are doing here, it is a process. We have received several petitions and complaints and that is why I am here with my counterpart, Commissioner for Physical Planning, to test the veracity of those claims.

“Although serious enforcement will start soon, we issued this people stop work order two weeks ago, but they disobeyed, but we are here today and we saw them still working, so we had to stop them again, and  you can see that they have obeyed that order. We are expecting them to provide all the necessary documents regarding the government’s approval for the project.