Lagos shuts four buildings in Ikoyi for flouting building regulations
One of the buildings shut
Published By: Kazeem Ugbodaga
Lagos State Government on Tuesday read the riot act to those flouting extant laws regulating building in the State, saying anyone who goes to site and starts construction without a revalidated authorisation by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) would be brought to book.
The decision of the Lagos State Government was made known on Tuesday by Dr. Olajide Babatunde, the Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on EGIS and Urban Planning, during a routine inspection in Ikoyi.
Speaking to journalists in the company of the General Manager of LASBCA,ย Gbolahan Oki, after sealing off some buildings that contravened the state building regulations, Babatunde said those embarking on construction without building approvals should stop work immediately.
He said: โThe reason we came to sites today is to carry out enforcements against people who contravened building regulations. From today on, if there is anyone in Lagos State who is building without approval or not following his or her building approval, he or she should stop. If we get there and you are working, we are going to bring it down.
โWe have issued authorisation to different developers that have building permits from the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority. However, from today, Tuesday, April 9, 2024, we have cancelled the entire authorisation we issued. It means that every site that is under construction in the State must stop.
โAll you need to do is quickly rush to either the headquarters or district office of LASBCA to have your authorisation revalidated. It doesnโt matter who you are; stop work. All authorisations are cancelled. You must go and revalidate your authorisations for you to continue construction. If there is no Green sticker on your properties and you are building, we are going to bring down your structure.
โAnyone who goes to sites and starts construction without a revalidation would be brought to book. Anyone who does not have any building approval at all and has embarked on construction should stop work today. We will punish anyone โ any land owner, land speculator โ who is flouting our laws.โ
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Also speaking, the General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, advised developers to desist from sharp practices, saying anybody who contravenes the building regulations will be dealt with.
He said: โThere are laws and procedures. What we said is that before you can go to the site to start construction, you need to get your planning permit and have authorisation. We found out that some started construction without any approval, not even ownership of the land, which is very wrong. And because of that, we decided to seal up the properties.
โThe problems we have are with the developers. They donโt tell the owners of properties the exact truth. So, we have stopped construction on many sites and sealed up many places so that the owners of the property can do the right thing.
โWe are looking at opportunities to work with other professionals. Other professionals are going to be involved. It is not going to be LASBCA alone because of the manpower. The professionals are going to be a form of assistance to us in the area of monitoring. We need to take the bull by the horn, and if we donโt do it, nobody is going to do it for us.โ
Oki also urged people within a community to report any infractions in construction sites to government agencies for necessary actions to prevent the collapse of buildings. โPeople should not sit down and watch. Neighbours have a lot to do in the construction industry.โ
During the routine inspection, which lasted for about two hours, four buildings located at 13 Oroki Street, Queen Drive, 41 and 42 Alexander Road in Ikoyi were sealed up by LASBCA officials.
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