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Two weeks ago, Pulse reached out to Arc. Edinoh Uwodi Ebune, the Director, Public Buildings and Housing Department through Hakeem Bello, the media aide of the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. But Ebune did not respond to questions on FG’s plans for the abandoned buildings in Lagos even though Bello confirmed his receipt of the email.
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Hours after the report was published, the director responded via email saying, questions concerning abandoned properties in Lagos are matters of policy, adding that the Head of Civil Service of the Federation or the Secretary to the Government of the Federation are in the best position to comment on it.
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He said, “This is a policy issue. The question should be directed to the Head of Civil Service of the Federation or better still to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation”. According to Agboola Dabiri, Special Adviser on Central Business District to a former governor of Lagos, Akinwunmi Ambode, there are over 60 abandoned properties belonging to the federal government in the state.
The buildings most of which belong to ministries and agencies were abandoned after the Federal Government relocated the Federal Capital Territory from Lagos to Abuja.
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They should have just auctioned the buildings to "themselves" than this.
ReplyDeleteSocial mid is now more effective. Stupid government
ReplyDeleteI weep for my dear country
ReplyDeleteStupid people. Convert those buildings to affordable houses for people since it's just rotting away.
ReplyDeleteIs it just this. See Old Secreteriat at Ikoyi. There is one other close to that Ikoyi club. They are plenty of abandoned government buildings. But they prefer to cramp workers in small offices instead of renovating the old ones
ReplyDeleteWith all the money they are making in that passport office at Ikoyi come and see how everyone is packed like sardines in the offices there. They can actually fix these old structures and relocate some of these main units.
Shyla and 8:11am, I would upvote your comments a billion times if I could. They will still use Shyla's idea to embezzle in the name of renovation or 'maintenance costs' but better that than the waste of well built structures that could soak up some of the Lagos state population.
ReplyDeleteSdme with that gigantic building along Badagrv exp. between Aiyetoro & Ketu bustop. It used to be Medical Research College. Mircreantr don take over. Wasteeul govt.
ReplyDeleteThey will always react like the chemical they all are.
ReplyDeleteIMO, they should sell them to private coys that can convert them to mid range office or apartment complex
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