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Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), undertook a tour of flood affected areas in parts of the state as a result of last Sunday's heavy rain, which resulted to lost of lives and properties.
During the tour, he said government would identify and remove all obstructions, including buildings to drainage channels in the state.
Governor Fashola, who inspected drainage systems in Gbagada, Somolu, Iganmu and parts of Surulere, said his administration would no longer tolerate the construction of structures or any other form of human intervention on established drainage and flood channels in the state adding that enforcement would be stepped up immediately.
Speaking particularly on the siting of building on Soluyi drainage channel in Gbagada, Governor Fashola noted, "the channels are there and they are working. But these flood mishaps are largely due to human intervention and obstruction of the channels either by building on them or by blocking them with refuse or other items of such nature.
"We were just told by the Permanent Secretary (Drainage) that we are standing on a drainage channel, a channel that flows into Odo Iya Alaro River; that drains Gbagada and Soluyi. Now, this sand-filled place was not here two months ago when the permanent secretary and his team were here. Now they have sand-filled the water path; you and I are standing on it because people want to build houses," Fashola said.