LASG Seals 1,939 Buildings Over Regulations Default

L-R: Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Deacon Jide Soetan, ICAN President, Alhaji Kabir Mohammed, immediate past President, Mr Doyin Owolabi and Registrar, Mr Rotimi Omotosho, unveiling new professional examinations syllabus for ICAN in Lagos, yesterday.

The Lagos State Government has said it sealed no fewer than 1,939 buildings in the last one year for contravening physical planning laws.
The state Commissioner for Physical Planning, Mr Toyin Ayinde, made the disclosure at the 2014 ministerial press briefing in Ikeja, yesterday.
He said the sealed buildings were among the 7,281 served notices for contravening the relevant building laws within the period.
Ayinde, however, said 393 of the affected buildings were later unsealed after compliance while 16 buildings were demolished.
The commissioner said violation of physical planning laws was a major cause of incessant building collapse in the state.
He listed some of the violations to include building without approvals, use of substandard materials and altering approved building designs.
While saying the government would strengthen monitoring of buildings to check the menace, Ayinde sought the cooperation of residents to deal with the problem.
The commissioner said, “The problem of building collapse is a multi-dimensional problem that requires the efforts of all residents and stakeholders to tackle head-on.
“Building consultants, engineers and all other major stakeholders should play their parts even as government is doing its best to put the problem under control.
“Members of the public should always alert us when they suspect illegal erection of structures around them for necessary government actions.
“It is when everyone plays his or her part that we can really deal with the problem.”