The statement underscored that the continuous flooding is not merely a natural phenomenon but is exacerbated by human activities, such as the construction of the Third Mainland Bridge, the Adeniji-Adele Road, and the Ilubirin Housing Scheme.
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“It is therefore our wish to draw the attention of His Excellency to the wishes of most indigenes of Lagos state that an indigene from any IBILE division so appointed by you as a minister be given a substantive and full port folio, not a junior’ minister.
Led on the visit by the Alternate Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of De Renaissance Patriots Foundation and former Minister of Communications, Maj-Gen Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd), supported by its President, Prince Adelani Adeniji-Adele, and others, they reiterated their respect for the traditional institution and sought the blessing of the royal father for the rediscovery project that they champion on behalf of Lagos State indigenes.
De Renaissance Patriots’ statement was coming on the heels of ‘A bill for an act to substitute the annexure to Decree 24 of 1999 with a new governance model for the Federal Republic of Nigeria’, which went viral on social media.
“We want to know how and where you are relocating the people to and the nature of the relocation you plan to do. Otherwise, many indigenes are seeing what you are doing as an effort to displace them from their land whereas they have no other place to go.