The Lagos State government on Wednesday officially handed over the Obalende Park to MTN Nigeria for redevelopment and beautification of the space.
Speaking with the media after the handover, the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, said the beautification project was pivotal for the state.
Wahab said the ministry was working to ensure that all unoccupied spaces were taken over and transformed into a valuable and functional space.
He said MTN Nigeria, through its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, had adopted the Obalende Park and would redesign it into a modern facility while accommodating and taking care of the McGregor Collector during and after the project.
“We are here today to formally handover the Space; the essence is to clean, make it conducive and transform it into an environmentally sustainable space” he said.
He said the state government as well as MTN had in recent times dialogued with the transport workers in the Park, assuring them that they would not be displaced during and after the project.
Wahab outlined that the design of the Park included an organised motor garage, 60 public toilets, sleeping bays, Electric Vehicle charging points, informing that the project would be completed in 21 weeks from the date of commencement.
He maintained that the redevelopment and beautification of the space would not only make it habitable and attractive, it would also rid the space of hoodlums terrorising residents in the area.
The commissioner also inspected ongoing drainage cleaning project on George Street, Elegbata following flooding issues experienced in the Apongbon axis.
“Few weeks ago, there was a heavy rainfall and we noticed that Apongbon was flooded due to the ongoing construction causing unintended consequences in the area; we have moved in to clean the drainages and allow free flow of water into the Lagoon” he said.
He said the team was visiting to check the level of the work done to clean the drainages in order to deflood Apongbon and discharge effectively into the Savage /Elegbata Collector.
The team also visited ongoing channelization of System 1 Odo Iya Alaro following complaints of flooding from residents of Soluyi Gbagada and the Ministry’s intention to further open up the canal.
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