The Lagos State Government says all gates removed from the Lekki area are intact and will be returned to the various zones of the residents association immediately after an amicable agreement is reached on modalities for re-installing the gates.
Tokunbo Wahab, Lagos Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, stated on Tuesday that a provision in the agreement must state that the gates cannot be closed before midnight and must have workers manning them to guarantee seamless admission and leave for all households.
He explained that part of the decision to remove all of the gates was to avoid the state being accused of cherry-picking which streets had their gates removed.
Wahab spoke at the stakeholders’ meeting with members of the Lekki Residents Association alongside his transport counterpart, Oluwaseun Oshiyemi, in the Alausa area of the state.
He said it was a very painful decision which had to be taken because the state government had the responsibility to regulate operations at Lekki 1 which is a government scheme.