By Olasunkanmi Akon & Monsur Olowoopejoi

LAGOS —THE Lagos State Government has said it had lost over 10 metres of land to the ocean surge. This came as residents of Maiyegun community and Alpha Beach in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of  state have called on Federal Government to urgently release ecological fund to the state to address  the problem.

State Commissioner for Water Front and Infrastructure, Mr. Adesegun Oniru, who spoke after inspecting the damage by the ocean surge, weekend, stressed the need for the Federal Government to find lasting solution to the problem, in order to protect the surrounding communities.

According to Oniru, who was accompanied by the Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello during the environment sanitation exercise, “if the Federal Government fails to respond to the problem, more metres would be lost in the next few days. That means we are giving nature the opportunity to redefine the boundary of the nation, because for now, a very significant portion of the land at the beach had been overtaken by the Atlantic Ocean, eating up pathways and damaging buildings and stalls.”