Monday, 16 July 2012

Thousands displaced as LASG begins demolition of Makoko shanties



Thousands of residents of Makoko/Iwaya Waterfront community who had built shanties close to a powerline situated on the lagoon, lost their homes on Monday after a joint taskforce comprising policemen, soldiers and officials of Kick Against Indiscipline, demolished their structures.

It was learnt that the Lagos State Government had given the residents three-day notice, which lapsed on Sunday to quit the area.

In the notice dated July 12 and signed by Mr. Akin Tijani, Head of Operations, KAI on behalf of the Commissioner of Waterfront Infrastructure Development, the government said the shanties was not in tandem with its megacity project.

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