Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has marked six highly distressed buildings on Lagos Island for demolition.
LASBCA Head of Public Affairs, Adetayo Akitoye-Asagba, said those in the illegal attachments to buildings in the area had been directed to leave the property.
The statement quoted LASBCA General Manager, Arc. Gbolahan Oki, while supervising the special enforcement exercise, as saying the agency would identify and demolish distressed and non-conforming structures within the metropolis.
Occupants of the marked buildings have seven days to leave, he said adding that the buildings in the axis were notorious for illegally adding attachments to their frontages, thereby obstructing the layout and making the approach less visible.
Oki said, “Some of the distressed buildings are quite difficult to detect due to illegal attachments in their frontages. As such, we need to remove them to reveal the actual state of the buildings,” he said.
Oki said there have been increase in illegal and unapproved building construction in the area, adding that it was unlawful to biuld houses without obtaining the mandatory approvals and going through stage supervision and eventual certification of the building as fit for habitation by LASBCA.
He said the on-going demolition is meant to intimate all developers and property owners in the state to build by the rules, he said the Lagos State Government would continue to come down heavily on any act of disregard for the State Urban and Regional Planning and Development Law 2019 as amended.
