The Lagos state government Sunday revealed that the developer of Apapa collapsed building was issued a notice to stop the work and later broke government seal and continued their construction on site at 45, Ladipo Oluwole in Apapa area of the state.
Speaking on the incident, deputy director, Public Affairs,
Mukaila Sanusi, said a three- floor building under construction that partially collapsed on Ladipo Oluwole Street, Apapa, ignored the stop work and seal up orders of the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) and continued construction behind the scene.
He said the collapse incident, which was flagged on the Physical Planning incident management platform on Sunday evening, triggered immediate preliminary enquiries that showed that officers of the state’s Building Control Agency had issued a number of contravention notices, stop work and seal up orders which the developer ignored and carried on construction without any recourse whatsoever, to the authorities.
“There has been no report of any casualty, while the site has been cordoned off and taken over by LASBCA.
“This particular incident, like similar others, reinforces government’s repeated calls for responsible behavior on the part of all stakeholders in the built environment.”
