Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Oluyinka Olumide, said 80 per cent of buildings in Ibeju Lekki have no approval.
He said,"Just last week Thursday and Friday, myself and the team were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates marked. We went there, and I can tell you that from what we saw, over 80 per cent of them do not have approval.
Olumide noted that a layout permit cannot be obtained if it is not zoned for the purpose it was designed for or for the purpose it was being requested. The Chief Executive Officer of Octo5 Holdings, Jide Odusolu, said Lekki Peninsula's masterplan got distorted post-2010 due to rapid development, with newer estates sidestepping old regulations.
"I am sure investigations with developers such as UPDC , Trojan Estate, Aircom , Cityscape , Howard Roarks and Octo5 will reveal how they all spent huge sums providing infrastructure with zero support from the government while still paying punitive taxes." He noted that the communities that were not planned were the historic settlements that the government excised in the scheme.
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