The Governor, who also fielded questions from newsmen after the inspection, said although there were challenges on the way to the completion, the important thing was that the project has moved from a dream to a plan and from a plan to reality adding that the structure was being built to ensure that it would not collapse. Governor Fashola first inspected the project on Sunday February 3 this year, when he assured residents of the area that although there would surely be challenges ahead, his administration was not looking back in its determination to deliver the project. So as congested as it seems if properly planned, properly laid out with separate residencies from business areas, we will have a better life. Almost all the others have taken off so we have the markets now, the Oluwole Market second phase is coming up. I encourage other families who have contiguous land to talk to one another, create more space up”, Governor Fashola said adding that such developments would create more space for roads and drainages resulting to better living environment for the people.ĭescribing the area as “the heart of Lagos” and “where it all began” Governor Fashola declared there is a time to rebuild it and that time is now”, adding, “This is strictly residential. So we are on our way, we have taken the first bold step. “That is the way places like Hong Kong were regenerated and rebuilt. “This is the beginning of urban regeneration in Central Lagos where people brought together small parcels of land to create large buildable parcel of land and that is the way we must begin to use our land”. Olufemi Hamzat and his Physical Planning and Urban Development counterpart, Town Planner Olutoyin Ayinde, among other top government officials first visited the site in early February this year, told newsmen after the inspection, “The first two floors have been cast indicating that they could do two of these floors every two months, hopefully by next year we should be out of here”. Chahid Raffoul, was accompanied on the tour by the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Dr. Governor Fashola, who was conducted round the project by the Managing Director of the construction company, Mr.
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