Wednesday 26 April 2017

Lagos State Government To Relocate Computer Village To Katagowa

Computer Village needs no introduction as pretty much every Nigerian has either done business there, been there or heard about the popular Tech market.

Recent development suggests that the market as we know it might be moved as the Lagos State Government in a series of tweets confirmed the relocation of Computer Village to ICT Park, Kantangowa in Agbado/Oke-Odo Area.

LASG has decided to relocate Computer Village to ICT Park Katangowa in Agbado/OkeOdo LCDA #Y2017PressBriefing pic.twitter.com/0rnPpyHcBV
— The Lagos State Govt (@followlasg) April 25, 2017

P.S - This isn't the first time the Lagos State Government is discussing a relocation plan, the screenshot below dates back to 2013.

However, judging by the recent actions by the Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, it is quite possible that the relocation might come sooner than expected.

The stated reasons for relocation includes;

Need to control environmental degradation
Housing stock deficit
and traffic congestion in the Ikeja axis.

The relocation will curb environmental degradation, housing stock deficit and traffic congestion in the Ikeja axis #Y2017PressBriefing pic.twitter.com/0F5FP0NKSM
— The Lagos State Govt (@followlasg) April 25, 2017

Note that the Katangowa market is quite bigger than the current Computer Village, as the market covers about 26 hectares of land. However, it's setting is quite disorganized with most of the traders dealing in second-hand clothes A.K.A Akube.

Anyways let's see how thing unfolds, though its quite favorable for because Katangowa is way closer to me than Ikeja.