Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola has said his administration will go ahead with the construction of the Lekki link bridge without waiting for Federal Government approval.
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Also, he said he will not seek for any approval before embarking on the state ferry service.
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Governor Fashola spoke in Lagos, yesterday, during the 13th National Council on Transportation, with the theme 'Transformation of Transport Infrastructure as a Catalyst for Socio economic Growth.'
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According to Fashola, it was absurd for an agency like the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, to require his administration to apply for a permit to build the Lekki link bridge over the Lagos lagoon or to develop municipal water transportation facilities, which would be beneficial to Lagosians.
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He said: "I believe that each state has the capacity to operate and manage its municipal water transport, inside the territory of the state.
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"I find it difficult a situation, where NIWA asks me to come and take up a permit before I set up a jetty on my own lagoon; we will not stand for it. I also find it objectionable, where NIWA suggests to me that before we can build the Lekki link bridge, over a lagoon inside Lagos, I should come and take a permit to build a bridge for the citizens of Lagos; we will not apply for it.
Such things should be done in a haste because their services are highly needed there already. They should hurry