The Lagos State Government has ordered arrest of the developer and building professionals working on the 7-floor structure that collapsed under construction in the early hours of Sunday at Oba Abiodun Oniru Road in Iru/Victoria Island area of the State. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, spoke during his visit…
The Lagos State Government is set to begin the demolition of identified distressed buildings in the State throughout the week in order to prevent building collapse as well as secure lives and property. The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, made this known on Monday while giving updates on Government’s building…
As part of ongoing efforts to stem the tide of building collapse in the construction sector, the General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Arc. Gbolahan Oki, has issued a stern warning to developers and property owners in Lagos to abide by the building codes of the State or face the full wrath…
The Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the immediate suspension of the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr. Gbolahan Oki. The governor also said the government would find out what went wrong and punish those indicted in the 21-storey building that collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Monday. According…
No fewer than 45 residential and commercial buildings on Omorinre Johnson Street and Hunponu Wusu Road, Off Admiralty Way, Lekki, were over the weekend sealed by the officials of Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, for illegal extension of development to canal setbacks along the axis. The issuance of contravention notices was carried out by…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday appealed to occupants of Lekki Gardens to leave the premises immediately as the government begins a stability test on all buildings constructed by the developer to ascertain their structural integrity. Ambode said any of the structures found to have failed the test would be demolished. He further set up a…