Lagos State Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency has started

closing down buildings under construction in the state that are not supervised by

relevant professionals in the built environment.

The General Manager, Gbolahan Oki, who disclosed this while setting up an ad hoc task

force to enforce the directive in his office in Ikeja said, the state had observed with

dismay the non-involvement of relevant professionals in the built environment in

constructions in the state and had therefore directed that property owners and

developers all over the state must ensure that all relevant professionals in the built

environment, such as structural/civil, mechanical, electrical engineers, builders and

architects, are fully engaged in their building projects.

The General Manager also said, henceforth, government will be visiting building sites

and any site that flouts the directive by experts will be sealed and possibly removed,

adding that, the directive became necessary to safeguard the building construction

industry and to ensure that buildings being constructed in the state were done only by

professionals who could vouch for their safety and fitness for habilitation.

Oki stressed the need for Lagosians to comply with building codes and regulations to

curb the menace of building collapse in the state and avoid unnecessary loss of lives.