LASG Seals Houses In Ikeja For Breaching Building Control Laws

Officials of the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, have sealed several buildings in Ikeja area of the state for breaching the building control laws of the state.

Some other structures suspected to have changed the residential approval granted to them to commercial have been served notices to present their documents within 48 hours for regularisation.

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Engr. Abiola Kosegbe, General Manager, LASBCA, led the enforcement team to some prime areas in Ikeja were structures that violated the building control laws were sealed.

On Oduduwa Way, three massive structures on No. 67 were sealed for not having building permit. Also, a two-storey building on No 30 was shut, with the workers on site driven out for not having building permit.

On 28 Sobo Arobiodu, Ikeja GRA, massive structures being developed were also sealed with the owner asked to produce to building documents. Structures were also shut at Opebi area of Ikeja.

LASBCA GM, Kosegbe, lamented that developers had been flouting the laws of the state with impunity and vowed that government would enforce the law in order to mitigate incidence of collapsed buildings in the state.

Kosegbe appealed to Lagosians to ensure that they obtain the necessary permits before going to site and that they must make use of professionals to erect their structures.