Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development, Mr Bolaji Kayode Robert, on Monday, said that Lagos State and Ogun State governments are presently in a dispute over the ownership and encroachment into six communities.
He said this at the ongoing ministerial press briefing to mark the first year of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration.
Robert listed the communities to Ode Omi Community in Epe lebu Ode; Abule-Eqba/Sango, on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway; ljanikin/Agbara on Lagos/Badagry Expressway; Odogunyan/Ita Oluwo on Ikorodu/Shagamu Road and Ikorodu/Itokin on lyebu-Ode Road.
He, however, said that the ministry’s boundary department is presently working with the National Boundary Commission to amicably resolve the disputed areas
Also speaking on inter-local government boundary, he said that the department is working with the Office of the Surveyor-General of the State, with a series of visits to the local councils and local council development areas to resolve conflicts between local governments and ensure that the issues in the disputed areas are settled amicably, thereby engendering business stability and growth in the state.
He nonetheless disclosed that the ministry is presently mediating five boundary disputes in the state. He listed the areas to include lru-Victoria Island and Eti-Osa; Igbogbo-Baiyeku and Ikorodu West LCDA Eqbin and ljede LCDA, and Iqbogbo-Baiyeku LCDA; Ikorodu West and Ikorodu Central as well as Badagry LGA/Olorunda LCDA.
“To ensure prompt conflict resolution of some of these disputes, the ministry embarked on site inspection of these disputed boundaries.
“Recently, the ministry, alongside officials from the Office of the State Surveyor-General, embarked on a site inspection to the disputed boundaries between Badagry Local Council and Olorunda LCDA to resolve the boundary dispute between the Oniworo of lworo Ajido Kingdom and the Aholu of Ajido Kingdom.
“The ministry in conjunction with the National Boundary Commission is also involved in determining of coastline communities along the Gulf of Guinea for the operationalization of the Littoral Host Community Development Trust (HCDT)
“These activities through efforts of the ministry has ensured peaceful communal existence and zero-level communal clashes. The resultant effect is the ease of doing business, continued growth, and the continued desire of many to make Lagos a business destination as Lagos residents and foreigners undergo and undertake their daily businesses without fear or chaos or communal clashes.”
