The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, on Saturday, flagged off the demolition of a section of the Landmark Beach, the Mami Chula Beach Lifestyle, to make way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway in Lagos.
The demolition commenced after the minister inspected kilometres 13, 16 and 20 to ensure the best and viable way to access the coastal roads without much damage.
Umahi emphasized that the demolition was necessary, adding that compensation would be provided.
“So with the utmost fear of God, gratitude to God Almighty and the commitment to President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda in our infrastructural development agenda in particular, I wish to flag off this demolition.
”It’s in a right-of-way within the coastal corridor, which is the legitimate right-of-way of the federal government.
“Before the flag-off of the landmark’s demolition, I graciously increased the grace period by another seven days and yet another four days, and here we are because the project stopped because of a lack of demolition.” He said.
The minister noted that some people opposed the project, insisting that compensation will be adequate and documentation would start between May 2 and 3.
In response to this development, the chief executive officer of Mami Chula Beach, Bolaji Ariyo, recognized the project’s necessity for development, even when it causes inconvenience for a small number of people.
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