Eshilokun Assures Senate’s Intervention On Ocean Surge In Eti Osa And Lekki Environ.
Eshilokun Assures Senate’s Intervention On Ocean Surge In Eti Osa And Lekki Environ.
Shina Ishola
The senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the Red Chambers of the National Assembly, while expressing concern on the danger ocean surge and encroachment portends for residents of Eti Osa and Lekki communities, has assured them that the Senate will be inaundated on this problem and that the issue will be top priority when it resumes seating next month.
Speaking at the meeting on Ocean Encroachment organized by the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association (LERSA), Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), and community leaders and traditional rulers in Eti Osa East LCDA, the Distinguished Senator Wasiu Eshinlokun Sanni views the Ocean encroachment as a serious threat to human existence in that area; a menace that must be tackled with all seriousness. He informed the gathering of the motion he has moved in respect of the problem as well as enlisting same in the compilation of similar issues across the country by the Senate since assuming office.
The Director General of NCF, in his presentation, stated that over 180 metres of habitable land had been encroached in just four years, with a projection that 50 more would have been gone by 2024; while predicting that it would have claimed all land between it and the Lekki Epe expressway in not distant a future, if nothing is done to arrest it.
Mr Desmond Majekodunmi, a reknown Environmental activist, also contributed technically and historically to discussions on the menace posed by the surge.
At the end the meeting, NCF and LERSA infrastructure committee were mandated to come up with technically feasible solutions, for review and possible implementation.
