Lagos State Government yesterday said it will not rescind its decision to reclaim right of way and road set backs, saying that miscreants, who took over the Eko Atlantic City end of the Ahmadu Bello Way under the guise of religious worshippers, have been dislodged.
Speaking on the resolve of the government to restore sanity in the state environment, the Chairman of the Special Committee on Clean- Up of Ikoyi, Victoria Island and Lekki, Mr Tunji Bello yesterday said the progressing exercise had already cleaned up seven major streets on Victoria Island and five in Ikoyi.
Bello, who doubles as the Secretary to the State Government, spoke yesterday after an unscheduled visit to some of the areas being Cleaned- up on Ahmadu Bello Way and Ozumba Mbadiwe, said the committee had decided to take the clean up exercise in the listed streets in batches to ensure sustainability and effectiveness.
Bello who was joined by other members of the CLEAN- Up exercise including the Sole Administrators of Iru-Victoria Island and Ikoyi-Obalende LCDA, Princess Aderemi Adebowale and Mr Felix Ona- Olawale, officials of the Task Force on Special Offences, members of VIIRA on the inspection, listed the streets already Clean –up in Victoria Island to include Water Corporation Drive, Ahmadu Bello Way, Adetokunboh Ademola, Bishop Aboyade Cole Street, Ajose Adeogun, Ligali Ayorinde Street, Ozumba Mbadiwe while those already touched in Ikoyi are Awolowo Road, Falomo Roundabout, Kingsway Road, Glover Road, and Bourdillon Road.
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