The Okobaba saw millers may relocate to the proposed site in the Agbowa neighbourhood of Ikorodu by December, according to information released on Tuesday by the Lagos State Government.
This was stated in Ikorodu during the inspection of current construction at the projected Timberville, Agbowa by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
According to Sanwo-Olu, the project has been in the works for a while, but his administration is committed to seeing it through to the end for the sake of the economy.
He said that as part of the accommodations for future Okobaba Saw millers who would live in Timberville, Agbowa, the government had finished a total of 160 two-bedroom flats.
He claims that the access road is being built and will be finished shortly because the area around Timberville is almost all finished.
”We are happy that within our government, we activated it back and we have spent a lot of money resource to be able to bring it to a usable and convenient situation.
”Part of the facilities that are here is for the potential Okobaba Saw millers that are coming here, we have got a total of 160 2-bedroom flats that have been completed.
”We have offices that runs into tens. One of the things that we need to do now is extensive clean up, and to be able to put a police post and a small fire service here.
”So the saw millers are actually just waiting for us to clean up, to ensure that the place is fully habitable for them to start to move, we have all agreed completely, and in terms of political, we have 110 per cent political will to complete the project,” he said.
The governor added that Timberville has a facility where mill wastes, such as sawdust, are treated for reuse, ensuring that nothing is wasted.
Sanwo-Olu claimed that the government would see to it that the saw millers had all essential equipment, since this would facilitate their operation and allow for public access.
”We have told the contractor, once we have made additional funding available, we are hoping that before the end of this year, we all should sing hallelujah, and bring everybody down here.
”We will complete this project, we will relocate all of our saw millers from Okobaba to Agbowa Ikosi, purpose built for them. This place is massive, it is the first of its kind, I dare say in the whole of West Africa, because this is purpose built for saw millers,” he said.
