In furtherance of ongoing efforts to clamp down on building collapse, the Lagos State Building Control Agency says it has marked six highly distressed buildings on Lagos Island for demolition.
According to a statement by LASBCA, signed by its Head of Public Affairs, Adetayo Akitoye-Asagba, the agency added that it has ordered occupants of illegal attachments to buildings in the area to vacate such buildings.
According to the statement, the General Manager of LASBCA, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, while supervising the special enforcement exercise, said that the agency was acting on the mandate it was given to identify and remove distressed and non-conforming buildings within the metropolis to avert needless tragedies.
While giving a seven-day vacation ultimatum to occupants of illegal attachments, he stated that buildings in the axis were notorious for illegally adding attachments to their frontages, thereby obstructing the layout and making the approach less visible.
“Some of the distressed buildings are quite difficult to detect due to illegal attachments in their frontages. As such, we need to remove them to reveal the actual state of the buildings,” he said.
Oki lamented the spate of illegal and unapproved building construction in the area despite government enlightenment campaigns and stringent enforcement measures.
He reiterated that it was illegal to erect buildings without obtaining the necessary approvals and going through stage supervision and eventual certification of the building as fit for habitation by LASBCA.
