Unapproved Estates: Lagos Commissioner Raises Concerns In Ibeju Lekki

• Lagos Commissioner reveals over 80% of buildings in Ibeju Lekki lack official approval.

• Majority of estates lack approval due to inadequate zoning information.

• Olumide emphasizes the importance of acquiring planning information and permits before construction.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, underscored that more than 80% of buildings in Ibeju Lekki lack official approval.

During a recent interview, Olumide disclosed findings from a visit to Ibeju Lekki and Epe, noting that the majority of estates there lacked approval, primarily because buyers acquired agricultural land without adequate zoning information.

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He stressed the importance of acquiring planning information, fence permits, and layout permits before initiating construction.

Olumide said, “Just last week Thursday and Friday, myself and the team were in the Ibeju Lekki and Epe axis and you would agree with me that anybody passing through that corridor would see a lot of estates marked. We went there, and I can tell you that from what we saw, over 80 per cent of them do not have approval.

“The procedure to get approval is first to get the planning information, as to what those areas have been zoned for. In this case, what we have is agricultural land, and people now go to their families to buy agricultural land. Of course, those lands would be sold because those families do not know the use such land would be put to.

“The next thing to do is the fence permit. If you missed the earlier information on not knowing the area zoning, at the point of getting the fence permit, you would be able to detect what the area is zoned for. After that, the layout permits a large expense of land follows.”

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The commissioner highlighted that obtaining a layout permit hinges on zoning compliance, stressing that despite the process layers, some still advertise and sell plots without proper approval, risking investments.

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