Fashola Inaugurates Boundary Committee.

On June 21, 2010, the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), inaugurated 12-member boundary committee that would help facilitate amicable resolution of boundary related conflicts through which meaningful development and realization of the lawful objectives of the people can take place.

Fashola urged the committee of the need to adopt tested principles of boundary delineation and work within the confines of the law to resolve boundary related disputes.
According to him, conflicts would always remain part and parcel of man’s existence because the quest to acquire more assets would pitch brothers and sisters, states and local governments against one another.

"Part of the responsibility of this committee would be to resolve these conflicts amicably and give competitive opportunities to everyone to achieve his or her own objectives", he added.
He however noted that the committee was timely especially as the 2011 elections beckons, adding that the delineation of the state into constituencies by the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) is likely to spring up boundary related conflicts both within the state and neighboring states.

"I read recently that some communities are saying they want to be part of Lagos State, while some feel that they have been wrongly aligned. These are some of the issues the committee would seek to resolve ahead of the elections," he said.
He noted that the committee has all it needs to succeed in its mission with all the relevant professionals on land and boundary matters as members adding, "you could not ask for a higher authority to chair the committee than Her Excellency the Deputy Governor who is also playing her constitutionally prescribed role".

Thanking the members for accepting to serve on the committee, Governor Fashola pledged his support to the members "to ensure that success is achieved".

In her acceptance speech on behalf of the members, the committee chairman and Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan thanked Governor Fashola for giving them the opportunity to serve and pledged that her committee would do its utmost best to meet the expectations of the Government and people of Lagos State and ensure that peace is sustained in the state".

Other members of the committee include the State Commissioner and the Special Adviser for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Rotimi Agunsoye, and Hon. Olalekan Ifemade respectively, the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Sasore (SAN), his Information and Strategy and Physical Planning and Urban Development counterparts, Barrister Opeyemi Bamidele, and Town Planner Francisco Abosede, the State Surveyor General, Surveyor David Olatunbosun, Permanent Secretary Lands Mr. Gbenga Ashafa and Mr. Michael Ola Dawodu Director (Land Matters) who is secretary to the Committee among others.