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Lagos seals 500 defective buildings, issues ultimatum to owners

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it had identified over 500 defective and abandoned buildings and given June 3 as deadline for owners to fix them.

The Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Wasiu Anifowoshe, disclosed this at a news briefing in Ikeja.
Anifowoshe said: “We have published over 500 distressed and abandoned buildings.

“We have identified them and we have evacuated the occupants; we have actually sealed the buildings.

“The buildings we have identified are the ones we know are dangerous for habitation and we have given the owners three months ultimatum to correct the errors, and by June 3, the ultimatum will expire.”
According to Anifowoshe, the government is determined to curb building collapse in Lagos by adopting compulsory integrity test of building and construction materials in conjunction with the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory.

He said the state government would continue to comb the city to identify and remove distressed and dilapidated buildings.

The commissioner said his Ministry would remove Illegal and non-conforming buildings, inspect and certify various stages of building construction and carry out evaluation of ongoing and completed projects.
On the Lekki Gardens tragedy, the commissioner said the integrity test on the buildings had been conducted.

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“The integrity test was conducted by the LSMTL and the result of the test would have been submitted to the governor who has the right to announce the result of the test,” he said.

The commissioner said the state was committed to preventing building collapse and protecting lives.
“No developer will be allowed to put people’s lives at risk and developers who engage in illegal development will face the full wrath of the law and forfeit such property to government,” he said.

Anifowoshe called on all stakeholders in the built industry to join hands with government and obtain necessary permits and approvals for development.
This, he said, would curb illegal development and needless loss of lives and properties.

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