The Lagos State government has issued a stop work order on illegal land reclamation and dredging on Lagos Island by developers.

Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Development, EKUNDAYO ALEBIOSU, who led a familiarisation and inspection tour of project sites, lamented the illegal land reclamation happening on some government-approved Islands, especially the Gracefield and Pocket Islands in Chevron, Lekki.

ALEBIOSU also decried the illegal reclamation of parts of waterways along the Ikoyi-Lekki shoreline, specifically on Osborne Foreshore I and II, Park View, Banana Island, Kings Smart City, Lekki Foreshore, and Lekki Phase I. 

He vowed that the government would stop all developments that breach the government’s setback policy.