The Federal Government has stopped the Ilubirin Foreshore Housing Project being embarked upon by Governor Babatunde Fashola.
Governor Fashola disclosed this Wednesday at an event marking his 2,500 days in office at the Lagos Television Ground, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
The governor said his administration had sandfilled the area to build about 1,800 housing units under the Lagos Homes Ownership Mortgage Scheme, HOMS.
Fashola said he was informed that the land was invaded last Saturday by soldiers who erected a signboard that the land belonged to the Federal Government in a bid to stop the state government from developing its housing scheme on the land.
He said as he was driving through the area this morning he saw a signboard on the land indicating that it belonged to the Federal Government.
“The Ilubirin Foreshore land where we are about to construct our estate was taken over on Saturday by soldiers. This is what we get for giving Jonathan 1.2 million votes from Lagos,” he lamented.
The governor also disclosed that on a land the government wanted to erect 48 flats at Oyingbo, some people have gone to bring soldiers to stop the work from going on.
Fashola said the people were claiming that the land belonged to the Federal Government, adding that as at now, the project has been stalled.
According to Fashola, the land belongs to the state government and was acquired by the military administration of Mobolaji Johnson for the state several years ago.
Fashola lamented that the state government had been receiving unfair treatment from the Federal Government despite the fact that it gave Jonathan huge votes in 2011.
He said while other states who gave President Goodluck Jonathan fewer votes were getting full ministerial positions, Lagos was only given a junior ministerial position, the position of Minister of State.
Fashola added that the ministerial position being held by Olusegun Aganga was not on behalf of Lagos State as he is from Edo State, but noted that Aganga had been very helpful in the development of the Free Trade Zone in Lekki.
He also lamented that some people who claimed to be from Lagos and were given ministerial position in the past used it to wage war against the state. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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U can't eat ur cake n stil have it ok. Fashola u re too mouthing I tout u re a learned man.sori
ReplyDeleteWhy is the FGN behaving in this babaric manner? You cannot develop our land, the man that is ready and willing to develop it is been disturbed!!!
ReplyDeleteMay God help you Jonathan. However, be rest assured that you have lost the majority votes of the South Westerners.
who are you to speak for the south westerners? apc government can not do good. what has fashola done in lagos? All what you are seeing being developed in lagos is private initiative any state government project they always use tariff to recoup it back. lets wait till 2015
ReplyDeleteJonathan is doing all this to frustrate all APC governor against the coming election. The same God that judge Abacha will surely judge jonathan soon
ReplyDeleteJonathan is doing all this to frustrate all APC governor against the coming election. The same God that judge Abacha will surely judge jonathan soon
ReplyDelete@ Eko o ni baje u re quite an illiterate, a fool at 30, come rain come sun no can beat GEJ in 2015 is a straight winning monkey.
ReplyDeleteThis is why Nigeria will not move forward. It is not a curse it is just a natural turn of events. You supporting GEJ, the man has been President for 5 yrs, do you have power supply? Has unemployment been reduced? Has corruption been stamped out of the country? Have you benefitted from the black gold that seeps from the ground every second? Do you have strong institutions and can you compete with your counterparts in the outside world? And you supporting APC, I'm sure you'll like to pay toll fees when plying every inter and intra state road. Smh for my countrymen. Open thy eyes and blindness shall flee from thee. See your country for what it truly is and don't fall for the 'Rankadede Syndrome'
ReplyDeleteThe best governor in Nigeria. Well done sir.
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