Joseph Onoja, Director-General of the Nigeria Conservation Foundation, has issued a warning that the Lekki-Epe motorway could soon be affected by the Atlantic Ocean if action is not taken right now.
Onoja issued the warning on Thursday during a meeting on ocean encroachment between the Lekki Estates Residents and Stakeholders Association, Senator Wasiu Eshilokun, who represents the Lagos Central Senatorial District, NCF, and the Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Authority.
The meeting; according to the News Agency of Nigeria, was organised to discuss ways to stop the ocean surge from swiftly devastating towns along the Eti-Osa/Lekki corridor.
At the meeting, Onoja demonstrated how, in only four years, the Atlantic Ocean had encroached upon more than 130 metres of land. If prompt action was not taken, another 50 metres were projected to disappear by 2024.
Eshilokun voiced his worries about what was taking place and told LERSA and other parties affected by the ocean surge that the issue would be given top priority when the Senate started plenary sessions in September.
Additionally, he gave the NCF and the LERSA Infrastructure Committee the task of developing options that might be implemented technically for evaluation.
Desmond Majekodunmi, a leading environmental activist, and Azeez Ismail, vice-chairman of the Eti-Osa East LCDA, were among the other stakeholders present at the meeting.
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