Lagos State Government has suspended the issuance of
approval for amendment of existing buildings to have additional floors.
This followed the incessant collapse of buildings and
structures under construction. The latest occurred in Oniru.
Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development,
Tayo Bamgbose-Martins announced the administration’s decision at a parley with
professional bodies.
Present were officials of the Nigerian Institute of
Architects, Nigerian Institute of Builders, Nigerian Institute of Town
Planners, Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences.
Others include Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Council
for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN), among others.
“For now, building approvals will henceforth be based on
numbers of floors applied for, from the inception of that building.
“We will discourage approvals for additional floors
different from the numbers approved when the construction started originally”,
Bamgbose-Martins said.
The commissioner disclosed that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
directed him to end cases of collapse which had affected the image of the
country’s biggest city.
Bamgbose-Martins assured that government personnel found
culpable would be prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to others.
He called for attitudinal change on the part of Lagos
officials, building developers, citizens, organisations and stakeholders.
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