The Lagos State Authorities has introduced the elimination of buildings encroaching on setbacks and drainage alignments alongside the Alaba Worldwide drainage channel.
The enforcement train, carried out by the Ministry of the Surroundings and Water Assets, goals to revive the free stream of stormwater within the space and mitigate flooding dangers.
Lagos State Commissioner for Surroundings and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed the event through his official X (previously Twitter) account on Wednesday.
He acknowledged that the federal government’s enforcement group had began clearing contravening buildings obstructing the drainage path.
“The Lagos State Ministry of the Surroundings and Water Assets has commenced elimination of contravening buildings constructed on setbacks and drainage alignments alongside the Alaba Worldwide drainage channel.
“This effort is geared in the direction of making certain a free stream of stormwater within the axis,” Wahab’s tweet learn.
The commissioner’s replace was accompanied by photographs displaying varied buildings demolished by state authorities, together with cemented buildings, picket shacks, and containerized buildings.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Surroundings and Water Assets, Tokunbo Wahab, in the course of the Seasonal Local weather Prediction (SCP) briefing held earlier in March 2025, warned that the state will expertise above-normal rainfall in 2025, with potential flash floods in some areas that might disrupt business actions, pose dangers to lives and properties, enhance street congestion, and trigger flight delays
. Lagos is projected to obtain a mean annual rainfall of 1,936mm, exceeding the 1991-2020 long-term common.
In August 2024, the federal government cleared the System 157 drainage path and Orchid Street channels in Eti-Osa after property homeowners did not adjust to agreements to reduce their influence on the canal.
Additionally, in Could 2024, the state demolished buildings encroaching on the System 1 drainage channel in Mende Villa, Maryland, as a part of its flood prevention technique.
Commissioner Tokunbo Wahab has repeatedly emphasised that the federal government will take a “carrot and stick” method—interesting to residents to cooperate whereas making certain those that defy laws are held accountable as a deterrent. He reiterated that flood management measures stay a precedence, with enforcement actions anticipated to proceed all year long.
