Stakeholders in the built environment have said the demolition of buildings should be a last resort by the government.
This appeal came after the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, issued a seven-day contravention notice on the owners of the properties whose structures encroach on the drainage in Agungi, Ajiran, Conservation Road, Osapa, all along the Ikota River area of the state.
The Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adesina, made this known via a telephone interview with our correspondent.
He said, “The law of the state allows the removal of any building or structure within a seven-metre …