Allottees of prime land in the Lekki Peninsula Scheme II initiated by the Lagos State Government now have the opportunity to commence construction works following the inauguration of infrastructural facilities within the scheme.

Created in 1996 on an initial area of 566.25 hectares, the scheme consists of 3,155 residential, 139 commercial, 30 institutional and 14 recreational plots with a total road network of 64 kilometres.
The development of the scheme was slow in the first six years with only about 3.5 kilometres of roads embarked upon by the government, but the Governor Bola Tinubu administration gave life to the scheme with the completion of work on 21 kilometres of road between 2002 and 2005, while water supply and distribution network was inaugurated in February 2005.

The Permanent Secretary, New Towns Development Authority, Mrs. Felicia Awofisayo, said electricity supply to the estate was at advanced stage of completion at the northern portion of the scheme with transformers already installed, while a number of allottees had moved in.
She appealed to other allottees that had fully paid the Capital Development Levy to move in and take possession.

Another 10 kilometres of road, handled by CCECC Nigeria Limited were inaugurated at the southern portion of the scheme on Tuesday. These were in addition to other roads that are currently at various stages of completion including 5.1 kilometres in the northern portion and 9.25 kilometres at the southern portion, which when completed, will bring the total road network to 45.35 kilometres or 72 per cent of the total network.

Awofisayo said that the Capital Development Levy and subsidies from the state government were for the development of infrastructure in government schemes and were primarily determined by current prices of construction materials, and appealed to allottees to pay up on time in order to beat inflation.
The Commissioner for Lands, Mr. Fola Arthur-Worrey, who represented the governor, encouraged more allottees to move in and commence construction, saying that the administration had kept faith with infrastructural provision in its schemes.

He said that the physical development of Lekki Peninsula Scheme II began under the administration, which had emphasised the provision of well articulated schemes with infrastructure. He described the project as a sign of the success of the public-private sector partnership.

An allottee who had established a private school in the scheme, Mrs. Josephine Ndubuisi-Kanu, commended the governor for ensuring the accelerated development of the scheme.

The protem Vice-Chairman of the residents association, Mr. Audu Angulu, praised the efforts of the government, saying that the quality of road and drainage work was beyond the allottees’ imagination.
He assured the government that the residents were committed to the proper maintenance of the estate and the infrastructural facilities put in place.