The Lagos state House of Assembly has summoned the state Commissioner for Housing, Moruf-Akinderu Fatai, and the managing director of the Lagos Building Investment Company (LBIC), Mr. Oluwatobi Lawal, over plans to demolish some houses in the Jakande Estate, in Eti-Osa local government area of the state.
The lawmakers also summoned residents of the estate.
The House at its sitting Tuesday also passed the Appropriation Bill for 2023 presented to it by the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for third reading, after scaling through the second reading.
With the bill scaling the second reading, speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, has committed it to a joint committees on Budget and Finance with a mandate to report back to the House on December 12.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, Thursday presented the 2023 Appropriation Bill of ₦1, 692,670,759894 titled: ‘Budget of Continuity’ to the House.
The lawmakers described the proposed budget as achievable and suggested other areas through which the state government could generate more funds.
Contributing to the debate, Gbolahan Yishawu, chairman of the House Committee on Economic Planning and Budget, gave details of the Appropriation Bill while some of his colleagues commended the executive arm for the proposal.
Speaking on proposed demolition of Jakande Estate in Eti -Osa local government area, a matter raised under ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ by Hon. Noheem Adams, Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Hon. Adams, said residents of the estate between the age bracket of 70 and 80, stormed his house in the early hours of Tuesday pleading that the government should be prevailed upon to stop the plan to demolish their houses.
