To ensure the creation of new settlement, towns, boost
socio-economic activities in rural areas and reduce rural-urban migration,
Lagos state government plans to build 50 housing unit in each local government area
of the state.
While speaking with pressmen in his office, the state
commissioner for housing, Prince Gbolahan Lawal confirmed the development. He
added that the new policy of the state government is to build 50 housing units
in each LGA across the state in order to create new settlements, towns and
boost socio-economic activities in rural areas as a way of reducing rural-urban
migration in the state. Gbolahan who noted that Ambode administration believes
in collaboration with LGAs as it is being done in other countries, pointed out
that the state is constrained by its land mass, hence the resolve to develop
the rural areas and their environs.
According to him; “If you want to reduce rural-urban
migration, you must be able to stimulate socio-economic activities in rural
areas and their environs. For instance, look at Epe, it is close to Lekki where
we have the Free Trade Zone. So, people can conveniently live in Epe and Lekki
which is just about 10 minutes’ drive to the FTZ”.
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