on July 12, 2013 at 11:20 am in News
Lagos – The Lagos State Government is to
demolish all structurally defective buildings as
soon as it concludes investigations on them.
The state Commissioner for Special Duties, Dr
Wale Ahmed, gave the assurance while
inspecting a three-storey building that collapsed
on Thursday morning on Otto Street, Ebute
Meta.
He said that the government was doing
everything possible to avoid more building
collapse.
“Every building marked for demolition will be
pulled down as soon as the agencies assigned to
work on them conclude their investigations.
Ahmed hoped that building collapse would soon
be a thing of the past in Lagos State.
He said that the state Governor, Mr Babatunde
Fashola, had constituted a committee to look
into building collapse in the state and make
recommendations.
At least seven persons died when the three-
storey building collapsed.
A motorcycle seller, who occupied the ground
floor of the building, Mr Chukwudi Ezeobi, told
reporters that about 200 Honda motorcycles
valued at N20 million was in his shop in the
building before the incident.
Another motorcycle seller, Mr Ambrose Aneke,
said that he had about 100 cartons of
motorcycle spare parts valued at about N3
million in the building.
Also speaking to reporters, the Chairman,
Mainland Local Government Area, Mr Oladele
Adekanye, said that the council would to its best
to assist in checking collapse of buildings.
Adekanye urged accommodation seekers to be
careful to avoid renting defective buildings.
He appealed to land developers to avoid using
substandard materials.
He said that the council would ensure that the
developers of collapsed buildings were brought
to book. (NAN).

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