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LAGOS: School children, many others feared killed as 3-storey building colapses

As a part of it efforts to prevent further building collapse, the Lagos State Government, has warned property owners in the state to demolish properties that have been certified defective or run the risk of forfeiting it to the government.

The Lagos government issued this warning in a statement shared on its verified Twitter handle.

The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, through the statement, called for the cooperation of members of the public in reporting locations of distressed structures to the government.

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He said, “In some instances where the owners and occupiers have been duly served with statutory notices and evacuated, people secretly return to re-occupy the buildings despite the sealing of the structures by the Lagos State Building Control Agency ”.

Ogunleye pointed out that the Ministry had identified 149 distressed and defective buildings in different parts of the state, demolishing 40 in the first phase while 38 others were slated for the second phase prior to the March 13 collapse of a three-storey building at Ita-Faji.

The Commissioner said LASBCA would step up the ongoing removal of the affected buildings until it covers all parts of the State, warning that Section 74 of the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law on forfeiture would be invoked against any owner or developer whose negligence leads to building collapse.

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