Funso Doherty, a former ADC gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State, has called on the Lagos State Government to carefully consider businesses that have heavily invested in employing locals and contributing taxes while reclaiming land for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project.
In an open letter to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, Doherty highlighted the government’s current and planned actions regarding the right of way and compulsory property acquisition for the road project, urging a thoughtful approach to avoid negatively impacting these valuable business entities.
Acknowledging the state’s undeniable and constitutionally guaranteed powers of compulsory property acquisition, Doherty advised that such authority should be exercised with judiciousness, fairness, and compassion.
Doherty advised that, in cases of compulsory property acquisition for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project, the Lagos State Government should seek alternative solutions.
He referenced a widely reported incident in which the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning notified a property owner that their property was within the right of way for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road and issued a 7-day eviction notice.
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