Nine persons have so far been rescued from the collapsed
21-storey building in Lagos.
Four more corpses were retrieved from the rubble on Tuesday,
which brings the death toll to 10.
The building, located in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state,
collapsed on Monday afternoon.
Following the accident, the Lagos State Emergency Management
Agency (LASEMA) had activated an emergency response plan to deal with the
situation, and rescue efforts are currently ongoing at the site.
The building project, which was being handled by Fourscore
Homes, had 2022 as its delivery date.
To limit the frequency of building collapse incidents in
Lagos, the state government recently launched a rebranded certificate of
completion and fitness.
The objective of the certificate is to safeguard the lives
of residents and address the root causes of building collapse incidents.
Following the launch, the Lagos State Building Control
Agency (LASBCA) was empowered with the mandate of issuing the certificate to
all existing and new buildings.
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos governor, had linked previous
building collapse incidents recorded in the state to low compliance to physical
planning laws.
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