The Lagos State government has urged occupants of marked distressed buildings across the state to immediately vacate them pending the arrival of the demolition team of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA).
The government also stated that relief and resettlement centres have been opened to accommodate those affected.
Rotimi Ogunleye, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, made the appeal just as a distressed three-storey building located on 50, Kakawa Street, Campos, Lagos Island, collapsed on Monday without any casualty.
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Ogunleye said: “The building in question had been identified as distressed by the officers of the LASBCA and all the necessary statutory notices had been duly served. It was one of the defective structures marked for removal by the Agency.
“Fortunately, occupants had been evacuated before the incidents occurred. Immediately, the Lagos State Rescue Team and LASBCA were alerted and they moved to site promptly to check all adjoining buildings so as to evacuate the occupants to avoid any further hazards.”
He stressed that already, 25 buildings had been removed by LASBCA as the government stepped up measures to rid the state of distressed buildings to prevent loss of lives and property due to sudden collapse in the state.
