Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance
and Regulatory Agency will commence audit of underground and over the ground
utility infrastructures within the geographical boundaries of the State in
January 2017 to ascertain the quality and quantum of the infrastructures and
guide in proper regulation and planning.
Chief Executive Officer of the
agency, BabajideOdekunle, who disclosed this at a Stakeholders’ Forum with
telecommunication service providers and others, said the audit became
imperative owing to the urgent need to determine the actual telecommunication
and water cables as well as gas and water pipelines under the ground and on the
ground for effective planning especially with regards to development and
redevelopment of the city.
According to him, the State
Governor, AkinwunmiAmbode has given approval and necessary support for commencement
of the audit, while other agencies of government which will be involved in the
management of effect of the exercise have been adequately sensitized on their
roles.
He further re-stated the agency’s
determination to sanitize the process of erecting infrastructures within the
boundaries of the State in compliance with global best practices.
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