Lagos Assembly moves to end challenges of building collapse

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The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa on Wednesday said that most cases of collapsed buildings in the state were preventable with

Obasa disclosed this at a-Day Stakeholders’ Meeting on Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Regulations 2018, Building Control Regulations 2018 as well as the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2015.

“We appreciate your presence and we feel that the state and all of us would be better for it at the end of the day. On March 13th 2019 there was a building collapse in Ita Faaji and many pupils died. Over viewing, the Majority Leader of the House, Mr Sanai Agunbiade, said that the Building Control Regulations has three parts which included-Notice, Plans and Certificates; Building Construction and Development and Statutory Notices, Offences and Penalties.

NAN reports that the public hearing was well attended by members of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Nigerian Institute of Engineers, academics, consultants and concern stakeholders among others.The stakeholders, who took turns to commend the regulations and proposed amendment, advocated engagement of various professionals like structural engineers, civil engineers, architects and others to stem the tide.

Prof. Martins Dada, a building expert, who called for adequate planning, said that the state should exceed the minimum requirements in building control. Also, Mr Kunle Awobodu of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria noted that some people employed by Lagos State Building Control Agency to monitor sites were not qualified.

 

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