Lagos State Government has suspended approval for construction of filling stations in all parts of the state till further notice, ThisDay reports.
The government said it had already resolved not to grant construction permits for filling stations pending the inventory of existing ones. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Wasiu Anifowoshe said this decision was imperative “to take proper inventory of the existing filling stations and determine those that should be removed in a bid to ensure public safety.”
Anifowoshe, who disclosed this at the ongoing ministerial press briefing to commemorate the second year anniversary of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, also said that the state government had been working with the federal government on the challenges the location of oil tank farms posed to the residents of Apapa. He noted that the two governments would make a definite pronouncement on the plan to relocate oil tank farms from the residential areas of the Apapa Central Business District soon.
Source: EnergyMix
