The Apapa collapsed building with a LASBCA marking on it
Eko Hot Blog reports that the Lagos State Government has said that the developers of a building that collapsed on Sunday ignored its “stop work” order.
This news agency earlier reported that a building under construction in the Apapa area of Lagos collapsed on Sunday.
Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency have sealed the building which is at 45, Ladipo Oluwo Street in Apapa GRA.
In a statement, Mukaila Sanusi, Deputy Director, Public Affairs at the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, said the developers “ignored the stop work and seal-up orders of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA and continued construction behind the scene.”
He, however, revealed that no casualty was recorded in the incident.
The Apapa collapsed building with a LASBCA marking on it
“The collapse incident, which was flagged on the Physical Planning incident management platform on Sunday evening, triggered immediate preliminary enquiries that showed that officers of the States Building Control Agency had issued a number of contravention notices, stop work and seal up orders which the developer ignored and carried on construction without any recourse, whatsoever, to the authorities,” the statement reads.
“There has been no report of any casualty, while the site has been cordoned off and taken over by LASBCA.
“This particular incident, like similar others, reinforces government’s repeated calls for responsible behaviour on the part of all stakeholders in the built environment.
“Lagos State Government has immediately activated inquiries into the collapse to unravel the minute details and guide appropriate actions.”
The latest building collapse comes almost two weeks after a seven-storey building collapsed on Banana Island, Ikoyi, in the state.
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