An
immediate action has been taken on the uncompleted building, which on
Thursday afternoon, collapsed at NICON Town Estate, off Admiralty way
Lekki, in Lagos.
The building which collapsed
The Lagos State Government on Friday, sealed off the building that partially collapsed at Nicon Town Estate on Admiralty Way in Lekki on Thursday which reportedly killed two persons and left one other severely injured.
The State Government has also ordered integrity test to be conducted on the structure.
Speaking to reporters after carrying out on-the-spot assessment of
the incident, the State’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban
Development, Tpl. Wasiu Anifowose, said the building would remain sealed
till the completion of investigation by relevant government agencies,
while the report of the investigation would be made public in due
course.
He said officials of the Ministry immediately moved to site after
being alerted of the incident, while the workers at the scene were
evacuated.
He said: “Yesterday, I was in my office when I had a call that
there was a partial building collapse in Lekki and I immediately
mobilized my officers to site. They have given me their report and the
onus is on me to ascertain the situation of things and that is why I am
here.
“Based on our preliminary investigation, we discovered that it
was the roof gutter of the building under construction that fell off the
main house and a vibrator was also used.
“At the moment, the State Government has taken the necessary
steps; we have evacuated all the people that worked on the building and
the property has been sealed off. It will remain sealed until we
conclude our investigation,” Anifowose said.
He, however, faulted the owner of the building for not displaying
the Project Board on the site of the construction as required, but said
the ongoing investigation would reveal actual state of things.
“The Project Board usually contains information such as the
name of the architect, name of the engineer, the name of builder and the
approved building plan. There is nothing of such here but like I said,
we will go back to the office and check the file.
"There are two levels of approvals for this type of
construction and that is approval from the management of the Estate and
then approval of the State Government.
“Since this is a case of partial building collapse, the first
thing we are going to do is to conduct integrity test. The test will
confirm to us whether the construction can continue or otherwise, after
which the government will do the needful and the public will hear from
us,” Anifowose said.
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