Non-enforcement Of State Laws, Lack Of Collaboration Responsible For Recurring Building Collapse In Lagos - BCPG
Building Collapse • Says Construction Turns All-comers Affair, Industry Bedeviled By Quacks By Femi Esan The chairman, Building Collapse Prevention Guide (BCPG), Lagos state chapter, Lt.Col. Jide Olayinka (rtd) has attributed the recurring building collapse in Lagos to non-enforcement of state Laws and poor collaboration among concerned bodies in the state. He made this known during a virtual interactive session with the Housing Development Programme on AIT on Tuesday. Reacting to the recent building collapse at 24, Ibadan Street, Off Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Olayinka described the incident as unfortunate, saying the building and many others were marked for demolition having failed integrity test almost a year ago but with no action taken to facilitate the demolition process. He added by saying: “in a situation where a building has failed integrity test, the best thing to do is vacate such building within the time-frame given to avoid casualties while the ...