“We have given them some days to evacuate their property and they must leave.”
Bello gave the directive during an inspection of the ongoing drainage clearance organised by the Lagos State Government on Saturday.
Other drainage channels visited are Musa Yar’adua, Bourdilon Channel by Dolphin Estate, Ijeh barracks collector drain Adeola Odeku, Akin Olugbade, Sapara Williams, Kofo Abayomi, Ozumba Mbadiwe, by the outfall on Ozumba Mbadiwe, Karimu Kotun and Akin Adeola among others. He pleaded with illegal occupants to remove their belongings, to allow the ministry to pack all the silts in the drainage channels.
“We will continue working with residents’ associations because they are supporting the government with adequate information on indiscriminate trading around the area. Also speaking, the Special Adviser on the Drainage Services, Igbokwe said resident engineers from the ministry would always be around to work with the Community Development Association to ensure adequate monitoring after the completion of the clearance of the drainage channels.
Igbokwe decried infringement of setback around the drainage area, which had been affecting the removal of silt.
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