A new skyline of mix tourism /choice residential spots that will rival highbrow spaces in Victoria and Lagos Islands may replace the Oko-Baba, a timber industrial in Ebute Meta, Lagos mainland stretch before the end of the year.
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| Makoko. Pic: c/o Aljazeera |
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has indicated that in the first quarter of 2016, the saw millers and plank traders operating in Oko-Baba must be relocated to the newly- completed Agbowa timber industrial resettlement in Ikosi Local Government Area. The governor has given a three-month deadline to the contractor of the new N3bn Agbowa timberland to complete the site so that the decades old occupants of Oko Baba can be relocated as soon as possible.
The new Agbowa timber industry accommodates offices, residential blocks, cutting workshops, truck farms and several other facilities.
As regards the post-saw mill face of Oko-Baba and Makoko, sources close to the government have disclosed that the axis is being considered as a tourism haven. The thinking of government, the sources explained, was that the volume of traffic in Lagos Island and Victoria Island CBDs were becoming extremely difficult to manage, and is affecting leisure and tourism revenue. "The lagoon is better utilised for tourism away from the complexity of managing chaotic traffic in Lagos and Victoria Islands as Makoko and Oko-Baba have advantage of good networks of roads across the Yaba axis.”
In fact, the post-timberland
Oko-Baba / Makoko axis has been envisioned as tourist attraction given its potential to be
another Venice, a tourist haven in Italy. In fact, the entire Makoko stretch,
according to findings would be uplifted to meet international tour destination.
After the planned relocation of Oko-Baba timber industry, there are indication of a possible understading between the people of Makoko and Lagos State Government on working together to make the environment a better place without infringing on anyone’s right.
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