PRESS RELEASE
ENGAGE RELEVANT PROFESSIONALS IN YOUR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, LASG DIRECTS DEVELOPERS.
-NO CONSTRUCTION WORK AFTER 7PM AND ON SUNDAYS
-NO SLEEPING IN BUILDINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The Lagos state Government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA, has directed that property owners and developers all over the State must ensure that all relevant professionals such as Structural/Civil, Mechanical, Electrical Engineers and Architects in the built environment are fully engaged in any building projects in the State.
The General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency, (LASBCA) Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki (FNIA) who gave the directive today in his office stated that any building project site that flout this directive to engage building professionals who specialize in the design, construction, maintenance and management in their construction projects will have such site sealed and possibly removed.
Arc. Oki added that the directive becomes necessary to safeguard the building construction industry and ensure that buildings in the State are safe, secure and fit for habilitation.
The General Manager also directed that henceforth nobody should be found sleeping in any building under construction after close of work, especially at night. He disclosed that officials of the Building Control Agency will be inspecting construction sites across the State especially at night, to ensure that nobody is sleeping inside any building under construction.
He disclosed that construction period in the State remains from 7am to 7pm Monday to Saturday excluding Sundays. He warned that henceforth, any property developer or owners who engage workers to carry out construction work on Sundays and beyond 7pm on Monday to Saturday will have his or her property sealed indefinitely.
The General Manager further directs that all buildings under construction in the last seven months in the State must, as a matter of urgency, be re-certified by the Building Control Agency to ascertain their structural stability.
Furthermore, the General Manager 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.
He appealed to every property owners/developers in the State whose property was not covered by a valid Planning Permits plan to regularize them and ascertain the structural stability of their building especially during this rainy season.
Olaoye Olusegun
Director Public Affairs Unit
25th July 2024.