LASISMA, Agege LG partner on informal space regulation

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The Lagos State Informal Space Management Authority said it will strengthen its collaboration with the Agege Local Government in the effective management of the Informal Urban Spaces and the enforcement of physical planning regulations as they pertain to the IUS and the Incidental Open Space within the council area.

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According to a statement on Thursday by the Head of the Public Affairs Unit at LASISMA, Chioma Amaechi, obtained by The PUNCH, this formed the thrust of the discussion recently when the General Manager of LASISMA, Daisi Oso, led the management team of the agency on a courtesy visit to the Executive Chairman of Agege Local Government, Abdulganiyu Obasa, at the Agege Local Government Council Secretariat.

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Amaechi stressed that the visit was aimed at strengthening collaboration between LASISMA and the Local Government in the effective management of “the IUS and the enforcement of physical planning regulations as they pertain to the IUS and IOS within the council area.”

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Speaking during the meeting, the General Manager of LASISMA, Daisi Oso, stated that the visit was to intimate the Executive Chairman with the statutory mandate of LASISMA and the Setbacks, Common Areas, Roadsides Administration, Monitoring Project, which is to regulate, manage and coordinate IUS and IOS across Lagos State in a manner that promotes physical orderliness, environmental aesthetics, public safety and revenue optimisation for both the State and the Local Governments.

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Oso explained that the visit served a two-fold purpose: “Firstly, it afforded the agency the opportunity to formally introduce LASISMA to the Executive Chairman, the Executive Council members and the management of Agege Local Government, while providing detailed information on the agency’s mandate, functions and operational framework as enshrined in the Lagos State Urban and Regional Planning and Physical Development Law – 2019, as amended.”

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He noted that the engagement was to identify areas of collaboration between LASISMA and the Local Government, particularly in the management of IUS, protection of public setbacks, prevention of encroachment on public infrastructure right-of-way and promotion of compliance with physical planning regulations.

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Oso emphasised that a strong partnership between LASISMA and Local Government Councils remains strategic to the enhancement of the Council’s urban face by achieving orderly urban development, protecting public assets’ right-of-way, while promoting sustainable management of Informal Spaces across Lagos State.

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In his response, Obasa commended the initiative and expressed his readiness to collaborate with LASISMA in promoting environmental physical orderliness and ensuring that public spaces within the Local Government are properly managed in accordance with extant laws.

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He assured the agency of the council’s support in stakeholders’ engagement, public sensitisation and other initiatives that will encourage compliance with physical planning regulations while fostering a cleaner, safer and more organised Agege.

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The meeting ended with a renewed commitment by both parties to work together in advancing the vision of this administration on the T.H.E.M.E.S+ Agenda for a well-planned, orderly and sustainable urban environment.

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The high point of the visit was marked by the presentation of a gift by Oso to Obasa, as a symbol of understanding and cooperation between both parties for sustainable urban development in Lagos State.

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Obasa also led the combined teams to an ongoing project that has to do with the cordoning and improvement of a high-tension corridor for the purpose of mitigating the safety challenges of the infrastructure on Akilo Road, in Agege.

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