Politics
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SAVE Lagos Group, a civil society organisation, has lauded members of the Lagos State House of Assembly over their call on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to halt further demolition of slums across riverine areas of the state.
In a statement issued by Sulaiman Adeniyi, convener and Olaolu Oladipo, director, Media, Save Lagos Group, it specifically lauded Mudasiru Obasa, speaker of the Assembly, and Adefunmilayo Tejuosho, chairman of the ad hoc committee set up to look into the matters, and other members for taking side with members of the public.
The group’s statement said in part: “We welcome the call, which is in line with the desire of our organisation considering the prevailing economic reality in the country that prevents the vast majority of Nigerians from accessing decent shelter in their country.”
It said that the Assembly had lived up to its billing as the safeguard of the common man by taking the decision, saying it had also rekindled the confidence of the people of the state that democracy has come to stay not only in the state but across the country.
While restating its belief that though, the state government owes it a duty to enforcement its laws relating to ensuring sanity in the town planning activities, the Save Lagos Group also used the opportunity to urge the state government to provide alternative arrangements for those to be affected by the planned mass demolition.
“It is at this juncture that we appeal the Assembly to expand its resolution to cover all parts of the state and not to restrict its call to riverine areas of the state alone, since poverty knows no geographical boundary. To us, all Lagosians who are the lowest rung of the social ladder must and should benefit from this gesture.”
— Nov 7, 2016 @ 16:20 GMT
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