Lagos Govt Seals, Demolishes Buildings In Banana Island
- By Metropolix ~
- May 5, 2023 --
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The Lagos government has commenced the demolition of illegal structures in Banana Island in highbrow Ikoyi.
A three-storey building under construction was demolished and four others buildings were sealed in Banana Island.
The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and the Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) are carrying out the exercise.
The exercise is led by LASBCA General Manager, Gbolahan Oki, and the Task Force Chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye,
Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso, said the buildings contravened the Urban and Regional Planning Development Law (2019).
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu ordered the demolition when he visited the site of the seven-storey building that collapsed on Banana Island.
Sanwo-Olu blamed the April 12 incident on developers who wanted to make quick money and incompetent state officials.
He also accused the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, and the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, of granting an extension of the shoreline.
According to a NAN report, the enforcement team was led by the General Manager of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mr Gbolahan Oki.
Oki said the three-storey building demolished and the four buildings sealed did not have approvals and did not conform to planning rules and regulations.
NAN further reports that some buildings that were sealed in April where construction works continued were also resealed while the LASBCA GM took time to explain to residents with fake or wrong approvals the steps they must take to comply within two weeks to avoid demolition.
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