LASG unveils Badagry master plan for public review

By: Manoah Kikekon 

The Lagos State Government plans to make a draft report on the Badagry Master Plan available to the public from June 19 to July 26, 2024.

Oluwole Sotire, Permanent Secretary, Office of Physical Planning, confirmed this in a statement issued by Mukaila Sanusi, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, on Sunday.

Last week, the state government confirmed receiving Vista Plan Consulting's draft report on the Badagry Master Plan.

Dr. Oluyinka Olumide, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, received the plan at the government's secretariat in Alausa. It is expected to last from 2022 to 2042.

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Sotire stated that the 28-day public inspection of the draft plan across various centres, primarily in the Badagry division, would allow stakeholders to review the proposal and provide relevant feedback to help enrich the plan further.

The Permanent Secretary stated that submitting the draft report for public review was part of the process of developing an inclusive plan.

He added, "This is also in line with the state's culture of citizen participation in the preparation of physical development plans."

"The inspection venues, which are 13 in all, include the local government/local council development area secretariats within the Badagry division of the state, local planning offices within the division, the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Secretariat, Alausa and the headquarters of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority at GRA, Ikeja."

He stated that the public inspection would come before a final stakeholders' meeting on August 8, 2024, at the Lagos State University's Main Auditorium.

Sotire added that the master plan aimed to instill environmental sustainability in order to promote long-term growth and socioeconomic development in Lagos.