Yemi Alade criticizes Lagos state Government for demolishing properties.
Yemi Alade, a Nigerian singer has expressed concerns to the Lagos State Government on the continuous demolition of homes and other buildings throughout the state.
On Sunday, May 5, 2024, Alade shared a video on her Instagram story expressing her worries.
On Sunday morning, the musician was responding to the most recent house demolition in the Mende, Maryland neighbourhood.
Buildings that were allegedly obstructing a drainage channel were demolished by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment and Water Resources.
Tokunbo Wahab, the ministry’s commissioner stated that even though some residents of the affected buildings have claimed they were only given vacation notice two hours before the destruction, they were given adequate warning.
The Lagos administration has recently stepped up its efforts to demolish buildings that have been unlawfully built on waterways and other prohibited sites throughout the state.
The exercise, which started last year, has had an impact on homes in estates throughout the states as well as on the island.
Buildings that housed companies have also been demolished during this process.
Alade is worried, meanwhile, about how the exercise would affect the nation’s and the state’s real estate values individually.
She lamented the losses suffered by the owners of the demolished houses as well and questioned why the government was unable to come up with an alternative plan to prevent the demolition of buildings.
“Lagos State what’s going on? what’s going on? Does it make sense that people will invest millions of naira, millions of dollars into real estate, buying houses, buying land and Lagos State would go and be breaking walls breaking houses, rendering people homeless overnight.
“And it’s done serially. It’s done back to back. Right now, Maryland, Mende area is on fire. People are sleeping in their houses, waking up the next day homeless.
“You’re ruining the real estate value of the country, ruining the real estate value of the Lagos. Making people lose trust not only just in the idea of Nigeria but lose hope entirely in the little coin they’ve saved to make their lives worthwhile. To create some kind of generational wealth.
“How is this okay? And why? Does it make sense? Multi-million dollar houses, there is a better way to do things,” she said.
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