Lagos State Government has decried the incessant violation of building regulations in the state.

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Oluwafemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, appealed to owners of buildings and developers to desist from incessant contravention of the state’s building regulations in order to halt the unnecessary loss of lives associated with collapsed buildings in the state. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA at the incident site of the four-floor self-collapsed building at 4, Alayaki Lane, off Freeman Street, Lagos Island, stated that the owners of the collapsed building took to working at night and weekends to circumvent the stop-work order served on them by the Building Control Agency and appealed to all residents that whenever a building is marked as defective, concerned parties should work with the relevant Government Agency to find solutions rather than cutting corners.

Oke-Osanyintolu also warned the owners of the building next to the one that collapsed, to immediately stop further development on the worksite, as they had criminally painted over the stop-work order on the edifice that was served on the owners. He however, advised members of the public on the need to seek proper approvals from the relevant agencies before embarking on any construction or rehabilitation of buildings while stating that when owners of buildings and developers follow due process and use standard materials, incidents of self-collapsed buildings will be checkmated and eventually become a thing of the past.