The Lagos State Authorities has insisted that the long-awaited relocation of Laptop Village, Ikeja, to the newly‑designated ICT and Enterprise Park in Katangowa, Agbado ‑ Oke ‑ Odo, will quickly turn out to be a actuality.
This was made identified by the Everlasting Secretary, Workplace of City Improvement, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, throughout a current stakeholders’ assembly in Alausa, Lagos.
The relocation of the favored info and laptop expertise hub has been a subject of intense debate between the Lagos State Authorities and the assorted stakeholders.
Oki stated that the Babajide Sanwo‑Olu administration was dedicated to finishing the relocation and ending the years of unsuccessful makes an attempt.
He stated, “The present web site, initially a residential space, has been adversely affected by unplanned improvement, displacing many residents.’’
The senior Lagos state authorities official famous that Governor Babajide Sanwo‑Olu, pushed by his imaginative and prescient for sustainable city improvement, had directed that the brand new web site meet worldwide requirements for a seamless transition.
“The federal government will present a 15‑hectare web site outfitted with services akin to trailer parks, motels, banks, a police station, a fireplace station, and different group facilities,” he stated.
Arc. Oki referred to as on all stakeholders to collaborate with the developer to make sure a clean, orderly transfer to the nicely‑deliberate atmosphere.
In the meantime, the developer dealing with the proposed new web site for the pc village, Sam Ajose, introduced that a versatile cost plan can be out there to facilitate the transition. He expressed his gratitude to the Lagos State Authorities and market stakeholders for his or her cooperation.
Additionally, talking on the event, the Iya Oloja of the pc village market, Mrs. Abisola Azeez, expressed confidence after the briefing, saying, “All my fears have been allayed. I urge the developer to stick strictly to design specs and timelines in order that the relocation will be accomplished in its entirety.”
Recall that a couple of month in the past, the Lagos State Authorities had given merchants on the Laptop Village in Ikeja an 18-month deadline to relocate to the brand new market web site at Katangowa within the Agbado/Oke-Odo Native Council Improvement Space.
Oki, throughout a stakeholders’ assembly with the merchants and the executives of the market, sought their cooperation to make sure that the relocation involves move.
Oki stated, “The federal government desires your cooperation to make sure the relocation involves move. The time is now. We now have to make the undertaking a actuality. The relocation interval is eighteen months.’’
He defined that the Katangowa web site, overlaying 15 hectares, had been totally ready with the mandatory services to make it conducive for enterprise.
The relocation, first proposed in 2006, had confronted delays because of the sluggish tempo of improvement work.
Oki added that the present location in Ikeja was initially a residential space transformed right into a buying and selling hub with out authorities approval. He stated the assembly was to hold the merchants alongside in step with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s inclusive governance fashion and concern for residents’ welfare.
