The Lagos State Authorities is ready to relocate the Laptop Village from Ikeja to Katangua within the Abule-Egba space.
The Particular Adviser to the Governor on eGIS and City Growth, Dr Olajide Babatunde, disclosed this on Saturday, throughout a joint inspection and enforcement train carried out by Lagos State Constructing Management Company, along side some legislation enforcement businesses and different related authorities businesses answerable for emergency associated issues.
Babatunde stated the Lagos State Authorities was making an attempt to reorganise markets within the state.
He stated, “We try to reorganise all our markets. I’ll give an instance, in Ikeja, we now have the pc village, which is being relocated to Katangua.
“Therefore, it’s not simply the pc village alone, there are different actions that might occur within the Katangua market.”
Based on him, within the coming weeks, the efforts of the federal government on the Katangua market will likely be seen.
He added, “We’re shifting these individuals who appear to be on the highway in Ikeja and obstructing visitors, into a correct market large enough with all of the providers, with a creche for his or her kids, faculties, playground, church buildings, mosques, storage room, warehouses, some accomodations and and resort amenities.
“We try to do issues in a correct approach, we’re engaged on all of these items to make sure that we re-generate, re-develop, innovate, preserve, and something we have to do when it comes to the terminologies we now have in city improvement, will likely be put to play in Lagos in approach that we might have a larger Lagos rising.”
It was earlier reported that the relocation was presupposed to occur in 2017 however was stalled.
In 2023, the state’s former Commissioner for Bodily Planning and City Growth, Wasiu Anifowose, stated that every one preparations had been made to relocate the merchants.
Anifowose famous that the market was positioned in a residential space, including that the relocation would cut back gridlock.
