Affected Residents of Mende Villa Estate Maryland demolition who feel aggrieved have been asked to report the issue to the Lagos State Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee set up by the state government to look into the matter.

The Lagos state commissioner for physical planning and Urban development, OLUYINKA OLUMIDE made this comment at the ongoing 2024 ministerial briefing held at Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa Secretariat.

OLUMIDE says the state government would not have demolished part of the Mende villa estate in Maryland if it was not sitting on the Odo Iya-Alaro water channel servicing major parts of the mainland.

He said in the last one year, the Lagos State Physical Planning and Building Control Appeals Committee received a total of One Hundred and Twenty-Six Petitions against Individuals, Government Agencies, public officials out of which hearings were conducted for Eighty-Six and decisions delivered with Twenty-Six cases ongoing.

The Commissioner called on residents to desist from encroachment of Rights of Way to achieve the development of the state model smart city.

He also announced that a forty percent rebate on Planning Permit approval and payment of duties has been approved by Governor BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU for Lagosians, in a bid to ensure that the state maintains its high developmental standard.