The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to move the Computer Village from Ikeja to Katangowa in the Abule-Egba area.
Dr. Olajide Babatunde, the Special Adviser to the Governor on eGIS and Urban Development, announced this decision on Saturday during a joint inspection and enforcement conducted by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) along with law enforcement agencies and other relevant government bodies.
Babatunde stated that the purpose of the relocation is to restructure markets in the state.
He said, “We are trying to reorganize all our markets. I will give an example; in Ikeja, we have the Computer Village, which is being relocated to Katangowa.
“Hence, it is not just the Computer Village alone; there are other activities that would happen in the Katangowa market.”
Babatunde assured that the government’s efforts at the Katangowa market would become more visible in the weeks ahead.
“We are moving those people who seem to be on the road in Ikeja and obstructing traffic, into a proper market big enough with all the services, with crèche for their children, schools, playground, churches, mosques, storage room, warehouses, some accommodation and hotel facilities.
“We are trying to do things properly, we are working on all of these things to ensure that we re-generate, re-develop, innovate, conserve and anything we need to do in terms of the terminologies we have in urban development, will be put to play in Lagos in way that we would have a greater Lagos rising,” he added.
