
Today thursday,the Lagos state Government has unveiled plans to build modern houses on Makoko waterfront to curb the decay in the ghetto.Commissioner foe Physical Planning and Urban Development,Toyin Ayinde disclosed this at a news conference in Ikeja,Lagos.The housing scheme will be a replica of Lake Union Seattle,in the United States of America where houses are built on water in an organised manner.Toyin Ayinde said that the daily migration of people to the city of Lagos continues to have serious impact on the population and that all aspects of the economy,including the issue of accomodation are affected.''As a result of this,a lot of unplanned settlements and encroachments on both land and water by these immigrants have become a burden.The house built on the Lagos lagoon overtime in the Makoko area continued unabated and soon became worrisome due to the speedy and fast encroachment on this water way and further extension towards the PHCN high tension cable o the lagoon.Consequently,the ministry found it expedient to undertake a study of this development and tagg it HOUSE ON WATER''.Ayinde said the benefits of the project was to improve and enhance the living condition of the residents,to control development on the water ways,to increase the potential of the community economically,to protect the highly valued waterfront against pollution and wide spread contamination,to enhance water transportation and promote tourism.
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