On the heels of the relocation of saw millers at Okobaba to Agbowa-Ikosi site, the Lagos State Government plans to embark on a comprehensive regeneration of the old site in Ebute Metta.
The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, told The Guardian that government is waiting for the relocation to Agbowa timber village before saddling the state’s Urban Renewal Agency . “When we start moving, we will commence the redevelopment plan for Okobaba,” he said.
The saw miller’s relocation has remained unresolved in four years, after the Mainland saw millers association signed a memorandum for resettlement in Agbowa, Ikorodu with the former governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola.
The Commissioner said government has commenced verification of the saw millers at the old Okobaba and working towards completing the housing units. Salako said the plan to move the saw millers is on track, stressing that government hopes to get it right before end of the year.Already, the storage facility along the sea corridor is under construction. They say, the major challenge had been access road to the new site.
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