{"id":29492,"date":"2024-04-29T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/flooding-lagos-govt-decries-buildings-on-drainage-channels-despite-notice\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T10:00:24","slug":"flooding-lagos-govt-decries-buildings-on-drainage-channels-despite-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/flooding-lagos-govt-decries-buildings-on-drainage-channels-despite-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"Flooding: Lagos govt decries buildings on drainage channels despite notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has commenced an enforcement initiative aimed at reclaiming a vital drainage channel, System 1 Drainage Channel midstream in Ojota and Ogudu.<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed in a post by the commissioner, Tokunbo Wahab, via his official X handle on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that an inspection on Sunday revealed that property owners were building new structures within the designated areas.<\/p>\n<p>Wahab stated that System 1, established in 1974, stands as the largest primary channel responsible for alleviating flood-related challenges in major parts of Lagos mainland, including Ogudu, Ojota, Ifako, Gbagada, and Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe state had been having discussions with property owners\/residents since 2021, and the conversation ended in November 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContravention notices have been served to owners of buildings lying within 140 metres of System 1 since 2021, but we found out that people have gone back to encroaching on the right of way and alignments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe property owners whose buildings fall within the approved 140 meters Right of Way of the channel had been given the option of voluntary compliance for almost three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the property owners continued with the construction of new buildings that surfaced in the areas now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wahab also disclosed that the Ministry is set to commence major maintenance dredging at Okota, Faseun Bridge System 6E, located off Ago Palace Way.<\/p>\n<p>This dredging aims to improve water flow and remove waste that accumulates under the bridge, contributing to flooding.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST gathered that in response to flooding threats, the Lagos State Government commenced a dredging operation in the Ikorodu area, targeting the primary channel in Awobo Estate.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was a significant step towards preventing potential disasters and ensuring the safety of residents in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Flooding: Lagos govt decries buildings on drainage channels despite notice<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources has commenced an enforcement initiative aimed at reclaiming a vital drainage&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13893,385,15],"tags":[11719,164,180],"class_list":["post-29492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flooding","category-lagos","category-news","tag-flooding","tag-lagos","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}