The Lagos State Government has declared that 176 estates in the Eti-Osa, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, and Ajah axis as illegal because they failed to obtain layout approvals from the state’s Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.
Permanent Secretary at the Office of Physical Planning, Oluwole Sotire who dropped the bombshell on Monday, disclosed that the government has issued a 21-day ultimatum to enable the affected developers regularise their documentation or face sanctions.
It accused the estates of violating planning regulations by not securing layout approvals, which it said was a mandatory requirement for estate development in the state.
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“The Lagos State Government has identified 176 illegal estate developments, located in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, Ibeju-Lekki, and Epe axis of the state, and has given them a 21-day ultimatum to process their layout approvals.
“These estates, deemed illegal due to their failure to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, were listed in a document published by the Ministry on Monday,” a statement by Sotire partly read.
The Permanent Secretary said the affected estates undermined the sustainable development goals of Lagos and violated the guiding principles of the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda.
He warned that the ministry would not tolerate unauthorised developments that disrupt the state’s physical planning framework.
