The Lagos State Government (LASG) has discovered 176 illegal estate developments, including in the Eti-Osa, Ajah, and Epe areas of the state, for failing to obtain layout approvals.
The Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mukaila Sanusi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
“These estates, deemed illegal due to their failure to obtain layout approvals from the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, were listed in a document published by the Ministry on Monday,” the statement noted.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Engr. Oluwole Sotire, explained that the illegal estates compromise the sustainable development ethos and the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda of the Lagos State Government by operating without approved layouts.
Sotire highlighted the illegal estates, including Adron Homes, Elerangbe, Aina Gold Estate, Okun-Folu, Diamond Estate, Eputu, Prime Water View Garden, Ikate Elegushi, Royal View Estate, and Ikota.
He gave the owners of the estates 21 days to submit the necessary documents to his office in Alausa, Ikeja, to process their layout approvals.
The Permanent Secretary said that the exercise was a routine function of the Ministry, in line with its mandate to regulate the development of public and private estates in the state by processing and granting layout approvals to foster a functional, organised, orderly, and resilient smart city, as encapsulated in the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda of the state government.
He also emphasised the importance of all developers and real estate practitioners registering with the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA), which is responsible for regulating, coordinating, and monitoring real estate practitioners in the sector.
