Lagos State Government will today commence the enforcement operations to re-establish the three-metre drainage Right of Way for drainages in Apapa.
Tokunbo Wahab, the state Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, after an inspection tour to check the level of compliance, said the enforcement is coming after the expiration of notices and meetings with property owners to voluntarily move their fences that fall within the drainage setback earlier in the year.
According to him, the eight major collectors have lacked maintenance for many years because the ministry has had no access to them due to encroachment.
This, he said, was a big contributor to flooding in Apapa, so the ministry served contravention notices to the buildings on the drainage setbacks.