Afrigather In a major transfer aimed toward reorganizing the bustling markets of Lagos, the Lagos State Authorities has introduced the relocation of the well-known Computer Village from Ikeja to Katangowa, positioned within the Abule-Egba space.
This choice, revealed by the Particular Adviser to the Governor on eGIS and City Growth, Dr. Olajide Babatunde, marks a pivotal step within the state’s city growth technique.
Dr. Babatunde, throughout a joint inspection and enforcement carried out by the Lagos State Constructing Management Company along with legislation enforcement companies and different related authorities our bodies, emphasised the federal government’s dedication to reorganizing markets in Lagos. “We are attempting to re-organize all our markets. In Ikeja, for instance, we’ve the Laptop Village, which is being relocated to Katangowa,” he said.
The relocation of Laptop Village to Katangowa isn’t an remoted occasion however a part of a broader initiative to reinforce market group and infrastructure in Lagos. The brand new Katangowa market is envisioned to be a complete industrial hub, geared up with trendy services together with a crèche for youngsters, colleges, playgrounds, spiritual facilities, storage rooms, warehouses, lodging, and resort services.
Dr. Babatunde additional elaborated on the federal government’s imaginative and prescient, stating, “We’re shifting these individuals who appear to be on the street in Ikeja and obstructing site visitors, into a correct market sufficiently big with all of the providers.
We are attempting to do issues correctly, engaged on all of these items to make sure that we re-generate, re-develop, innovate, and preserve, and something we have to do when it comes to the terminologies we’ve in city growth might be put into play in Lagos in a method that we might have a higher Lagos rising.”
The relocation, initially deliberate for 2017, confronted delays however has now gained momentum with the state’s former Commissioner for Bodily Planning and City Growth, Wasiu Anifowose, confirming that every one preparations have been made to facilitate the transfer of the merchants.
Because the Lagos State Authorities embarks on this bold mission, the relocation of Laptop Village to Katangowa is ready to open a brand new chapter within the state’s city growth narrative. This transfer not solely guarantees to decongest the busy streets of Ikeja but in addition paves the way in which for a extra organized, accessible, and trendy industrial setting in Katangowa.
The approaching weeks are anticipated to disclose the government’s efforts in remodeling Katangowa right into a bustling market that caters to the various wants of its merchants and prospects, reinforcing Lagos’s place as a number one industrial hub in Nigeria.
