Makoko demolition: Palliatives not enough, give residents due compensation – Activist

Human rights activist, Yemi Adamolekun, has called on the Lagos State Government to give due compensation to residents who are affected by the Makoko demolition.

Adamolekun made this call on Thursday when she featured on Channels Television’s ‘Morning Brief’, saying that palliative alone is not enough.

Her remark is coming after the renewed protest to the State Assembly complex where the protesters were tear-gased and one allegedly shot in the leg.

“Palliatives are not enough. Residents are due compensation that is enough for them to get somewhere else to live.

“But the simple request that is being made is that you can’t take land away from people who this is their home. This is for those who fish. This is their means of livelihood, and they’ve lived there for decades, three, four generations, and the way you are moving them is just by destroying their property.

“And then Governor Sanwo-Olu says he’s going to give palliatives and and grants? I’m sorry, my understanding of a palliative is a temporary measure that you’re using until until a permanent solution is found.

“So destroying the homes in Makoko is not something that suddenly happened. It’s not that fire suddenly happened or a natural disaster m, so you didn’t plan for it and you then have to give palliatives and a stop gap measure until a plan is made,” she said.

Makoko demolition: Palliatives not enough, give residents due compensation – Activist