LASG stops land extension, reclamation in Banana Island, Osborne
The Lagos state Government has issued a suspension order to all approvals in respect of land extensions into the Lagoon at Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore, Ikoyi.
The government said this in a document jointly signed by the Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Waterfront Infrastructure Development, Kabiru Abdullahi.
It said, it had noticed the increasing and continuing degradation of the Lagos shoreline as a result of indiscriminate illegal dredging, reclamation and land extensions into the Lagos Lagoon.
It disclosed this on Sunday in a statement by the Assistant Director Public Affairs, Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mukaila Sanusi, titled, “LASG stops land extension, reclamation in Banana Island, Osborne Foreshore”.
The statement said, of particular concern to the state government were the extensions being illegally carried out at Banana Island and Osborne Foreshore, Ikoyi.
It added that such land reclamation and extension activities had resulted in gross violation of the physical planning laws of the state and impinged on the ecosystem of the entire area.
The Commissioners further stated that the indiscriminate illegal proliferation of dredging and reclamation practices had brought about serious distortion in the aesthetics of the shoreline with high potential for causing environmental degradation, which is capable of producing dire consequences if unchecked.
