The Lagos State Government has said that the ongoing project by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) would not affect the residents of Mariplex Imperial Estate in Ikeja.
Mr Wasiu Akewusola, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing gave the assurance on Friday in Ikeja.
Akewusola said that the report on the project before the ministry did not indicate that the estate would be affected.
Akewusola urged the residents not to panic over the compulsory acquisition of part of the area for the expansion project.
According to him, adequate arrangement had been made to protect their interests in the expansion project.
“We will do our best to safeguard the rights of the residents as part of our responsibilities to the home owners under one of the housing schemes of the Lagos State Government,” he said in a statement by Mrs Adeola Salako, Director, Public Affairs in the ministry.
