Lagos Govt React On Top Wetin Peter Obi Yarn On Trade Fair Demolitions

Lagos State Government don fire back at former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, after dia talk about how dem tear down structures for Trade Fair Complex wey dey Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Obi, as e visit di place wey demolition happen, praise di traders wey keep calm, talk say di buildings wey dem tear down na ones wey get proper approval. E call di whole thing like attack on justice, compassion, and self-control. For one statement wey dem release on Tuesday, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, drag Obi talk, say na to confuse people e dey try do. E talk say none of di buildings wey dem tear down get any legal permission from di state. Omotoso explain say di people wey own di buildings dem get chance for 2023 to sort out dia papers under one general amnesty programme wey dem even extend some times. But even with all dis chance, di ones wey dey Trade Fair Complex no gree use di opportunity.

Di commissioner stress say di Trade Fair Complex Board wey federal government dey run no get power to give building approval or control development. Na only Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development get di right to give permits, as di Urban and Regional Planning Act talk and Supreme Court confirm am for 2003. Even though di Board fit handle lease and business matter, Omotoso talk say any building wey dem do without di state permission na illegal and fit comot. “As people, we gats choose to either follow law or make emotion and political wahala control how our society dey run,” e talk. Di demolition wey happen last Thursday affect pass 19 buildings as di state Ministry of Physical Planning lead di enforcement exercise.