Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has pointed accusing fingers at residents of the state for seeming delay in delivering projects.
Fashola who spoke in Lagos while inaugurating a set of projects (Agege Transfer Loading Station, Lagos-Skipper Engineering Academy and the 1, 600 Igando Emergency Relief/Resettlement Camp in Alimosho Local Government, said residents of the state are fond of going to court and in the process becoming a cog in the wheel of progress.
“Last night, I got a report that some group of residents have gone to seek court order to stop the state government from building ferry terminal in Osborne.
“This was the ferry terminal that is almost completed. And the court without hearing the state argument gave injunction that the contractor should leave the site.
“I think that we will continue to have this issue in a democratic system to balance the interest of few people against million others.
“We were trying to build pedestrian bridge at Iyana-Ipaja axis of the state, a resident took the state government to court, and alleged that the users of the bridge will be looking into his house,” he added.
“All over the world, private rights are always yielded for public interest. For instance, the owners of this site (Agege Transfer Loading Station), that we sit in was formerly a refuse dump site. But the owners allowed public interest to override private interest.”
Speaking earlier, the Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr. Wale Ahmed said that the 1, 600 capacity centre was constructed at a cost N 798 million.
