The Peoples Democratic Party and other stakeholders have reacted to the recent execution of the Lagos State Parking Authority levy on setback parking in the state.
It was earlier reported that the LASPA issued a letter informing a food and snack company, Nellies, that it had charged it the sum of N290,000 for the parking lot outside the compound of the firm. The letter charged Nellis N80,000 per annum each for the three parking lots, as well as a non-refundable administrative processing fee of N50,000. The letter was seen by Saturday PUNCH.
Meanwhile, the General Manager of LASPA, Adebisi Adelabu disclosed on the official website of the agency that the setback belonged to the government.
Adelabu said, “A setback (for obvious reasons) is the space between your perimeter fencing and the walkway or the road, as the case may be. Whoever claims he/she owns a setback around his/her property will have to provide official documentation from the authorised MDA in Lagos State showing the legal ownership of the said setback and the Traffic Impact Assessment certificate of the property to the authority.”
However, the PDP in Lagos State on Friday in a statement condemned the levy on the parking on the setback on properties as “exorbitant”, and a bid to “milking the people of the state to finance the individual ambition of one man who had held the state and its people by the jugular.” (Punch)
