History Lagos State Development and Property Corporation

1 history

1.1 ledb
1.2 ikeja , epe planning authorties
1.3 lsdpc

history
ledb

between years 1924 , 1930, outbreak of bubonic plague occurred in colonial lagos , measure clear swamps , provide housing facilities better sanitary conditions, colonial authorities inaugurated lagos executive development board. in addition, swamp clearance, board s responsibilities included land use mapping , monitoring insanitary buildings. of activities of organization included swamp reclamation projects through pumping sand; activities later led iganmu industrial estate , victoria island reclamation scheme. however, swamp clearing , insanitary structures monitoring generated share of criticism, in 1930, eleko sanusi olusi lamented exercise left many people homeless.

over years, board built , sold houses , plots of land civil servants, investors , lagos residents. housing projects yaba estate started in 1929 , lagos central slum clearance planning scheme started in 1951. in 1950s, rise in rural urban migration motivated ledb become more invested in providing infrastructure lagos residentsand intensification of slum clearance. corporation developed housing schemes in apapa (1953), , new estate in surulere relocate residents affected slum clearance projects on lagos island. 1955 1972, board built 4,500 houses.

the slum clearance activities began in 1955 affected congested triangular region of lagos island bordered broad st, balogun st, , victoria st (nnamdi azikiwe st). motive of clearance provide healthier environment seen exercise promoted nigerian political elites not comfortable existence of slums in nation s capital independence looming. plan acquire residences, redevelop land , sell original owners caveat new buildings should modernized. property owners , residents affected asked move surulere western model storey building accommodating nuclear family other extended family planned. however, many of original residents not afford buy plots of land.

ikeja , epe planning authorties

in 1956, government of western region established ikeja area planning authority (iapa). agency responsible land use planning , government supported housing in ikeja, mushin, isolo, agege , few other suburbs of lagos. agency, epe town planning (etpa) managed land use outside metropolitan lagos.

lsdpc

in 1972, ledb, iapa , etpa transformed become lagos state development , property corporation. town planning functions moved state ministry , new agency s responsibilities housing provision related. between 1972 , 1975, firm completed estates in surulere , ogba. under administration of lateef jakande, corporation focused on building low cost apartments. 1992, company had built more 17,000 units in ojokoro, isolo, amuwo odofin, ijaye , iba. lot of these projects, low cost estates allocated without clear criteria choosing buyers, result many of owners investors later rent out buildings tenants @ high prices. in 1999, new democratic government through lsdpc started new estates tagged millennium housing scheme.