The Lagos State Government on Sunday reiterated its commitment to achieving the objectives the renewed Ikeja Model City Master Plan originally conceived to address infrastructural challenges in the capital city. A statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, reiterated that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode is desirous of making Ikeja a model city […]
Cleaner Lagos Initiative Takes Off Next Month
…Says Initiative Will Evolve World Class Solid Waste Management System Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), which is a major reform of his administration to revolutionize the solid waste management sector in line with international best practices will commence in the first week of September. […]
LASG Gives Quit Notice To Owners Of Properties Blocking Drainage Channels
…To Reestablish Drainage Right Of Way In a bid to mitigate the incidence of flooding, the Lagos State Government on Sunday ordered owners of properties erected on drainage channels and impeding the free-flow of water to immediately vacate or risk being removed. The Government, in a statement signed by the Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. […]
We’ll Embark On Holistic Solutions To Permanently Address Flooding
…To Re-engineer Drainage Systems, Enforce Physical Planning Laws …Says Govt Will Step Up Campaign Against Dumping Of Refuse Into Canals Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday said the flooding caused by torrential rainfalls in the State within the last few days would soon be a thing of the past, as the State Government […]
Remarks Delivered At The Water Technology And Environmental Control (WATEC) Event
It gives me a great pleasure to address this gathering on the theme of Water technology and Environmental Control. As you are all aware, access to and management of water resources, as well as environmental control, remains one of the greatest challenges facing most parts of the developing world. There is hardly a better or […]
Flooding: LASG Urges Residents To Remain Calm And Vigilant
…Insists Residents Stop Dumping Refuse In Drainage Channels …Says Reforms In Environment Sector Will Redefine Waste Management Lagos State Government on Sunday urged residents to remain calm and vigilant in the wake of the torrential rain experienced in the State in the last few days. State’s Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare, who spoke […]
LASG Signs 11,034 Certificates Of Occupancy In Two Years
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday said a total of 4,602 Certificates of Occupancy (CofO), as well as 6,118 Governor’s Consent and 314 Deemed Grant Consent totaling 11, 034 land titles have been signed and issued in the State in the last two years. Governor Ambode, who disclosed this while commissioning the upgraded […]
Address Delivered At The Commissioning Of The Upgraded And Redesigned Land Registry In The Lands Bureau
Today, we have moved one step closer to the ideal situation in land administration and management in Lagos State. The issue of land administration has always been contentious and still remains contentious even after it was formalised under the Land Registry system almost Fifty years ago. All over the world, land is a key […]
Child Abuse: Lagos Engages 300 Parents On Preventive Measures
In furtherance of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s directives to ensure that Childs Rights are upheld and Child Abuse is eradicated from the State, over 300 parents were at the weekend engaged on key issues relating to Child protection and prevention. This was the focus at the first Lagos State one-day Parents Teachers Association (PTA) Conference on Child Abuse, organised by the Lagos State Domestic and […]
Lagos On Journey To Achieve Clean, Hygienic, Flood-Free State
… Initiative will Provide 40,000 Jobs, Ensure Public Health Safety Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday launched the much anticipated new environmental management policy encapsulated in the Cleaner Lagos Initiative (CLI), expressing optimism that the development would drive the State to the desired future of achieving clean, hygienic and flood-free environment. Speaking at […]