Building collapse: Lagos arrests 7 over violation of building codes

Lagos State Government, through the state Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has arrested seven persons for violating the state's building codes in Eti-Osa and Ikoyi areas of the state.

The arrested persons, which include site engineers and other built professionals were being taken to the Lagos State Mobile Court sitting in Eti-Osa Local Government Council Secretariat and Lagos State Task Force Office, Arena, Oshodi for questioning and fair-hearing. 

Speaking after the enforcement exercise, the General Manager of LASBCA, Gbolahan Oki, said the exercise was in continuation of its enforcement activities, aimed at clamping down on illegal physical development in different parts of the state.

Oki explained that the clampdown on the various construction sites and workers were in a bid to reduce the level of illegalities in the built industry and ultimately avert possible building collapse. 

Oki, who informed that the arrested persons were apprehended for building without planning permit approvals and for breaking government seals, decried the level of disregard for government agencies in charge of issuing permit and building control activities, saying officials of the agency had been harassed at different times while on official duties.

He added that the sealed construction sites would not be reopened untill due diligence is followed and necessary approvals obtained from relevant government agencies. 

The General Manager revealed that the use of mobile court, a new strategy by LASBCA, was necessitated by the need to promptly give fair hearing to persons apprehended for contravening building regulation codes 

According to Oki, "The idea of using mobile court to give instant fair hearing to persons arrested for building code contravention was embraced by LASBCA after we noticed that people persistently break government seals place on their properties and also disregard Stop Work orders often issued by LASBCA on illegal properties. "

Culled from Vanguard

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