Ejigbo, LASEPA seal truce on cemetery project

By Olushola Okewole

The authority of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) and the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency,(LASEPA) have reached a truce over the sealing of  the proposed council cemetery project.

The local government had last month commenced work on the ground with the clearing and rebuilding of fence and erection of gate before the state government issued a ‘stop work’ order and required more information on the plan.

The Secretary to the Local Government (SLG), Dn. Paul Fregene, told ECHONEWS that the council is already engaging the Agency in charge with the necessary information required.

A meeting between between LASEPA and Ejigbo LCDA officials on the stop work order ended in a truce as both parties resolved to work together for the success of the project.

He said the legal unit of the council has provided all the required information and that the agency would soon unseal the site for continuation of the project.

When ECHONEWS engaged the Morning Star community leader, Mr Oludare Agboola, to speaking on the seal, he said he knew nothing about it, claiming that he only saw the ‘seal up’ order pasted on the gate by the state government.

It would be recalled that ECHONEWS reported that the members of the community protested against building cemetery in their community.

However, the local government chairman has explained the benefits of the project to both the government and the resident to the residents.