.Lagos Govt didn’t not revoke all existing Building Permits.
The Lagos State Government has not revoked all existing building permits as reported in some online media report.
These clarification becomes necessary following a misleading headline report in an online media stating that Lagos government revokes all existing building permits.
It should be noted that issuance of Building Plan permit is the prerogative of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority which is under the supervision of the Honourable Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development.
The directive issued by the Special Adviser on eGIS and Urban Development, Dr Olajide Babatunde was that Letters of Authorization to commence construction issued by the Lagos State Building Control Agency needed to be revalidated because most developers obtains the letter to commence construction without engaging all relevant professionals in the building projects.
The revalidation was to allow the Agency to do proper audit and authentication of all the professionals that will be engaged in building construction in the state.
Dr. Babatunde also disclosed that buildings under construction which had been abandon for a long time needed to be re-certified before recommencement of construction to ascertain the structural stability of the building project.
Dr Babatunde directed that henceforth nobody should sleep in buildings undergoing constructions and all construction work should not go beyond 7pm everyday and no building construction work on Sundays.
He further directed that property owners and developers should revalidate all letters of authorization to commence building construction issued to them.
He called on developers to alway ensure that all relevant professionals in the built environment such as civil/ structural, electrical, mechanical engineer and architects are engaged in building construction.