The Lagos State Government has sealed at least 137 properties last week for contravening the state’s physical planning regulation.
The enforcement exercise which was carried out on behalf of the state government by the monitoring and compliance unit of the Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority (LASPPPA), took place at 6 district offices namely Alimosho, Mosan Okunila, Egbe-Idimu, Ikorun Igando, Agbado-Oke Odo and Ayobo-Ipaja.
This disclosure is contained in a series of tweet posts by the Lagos State Government on its official Twitter account on Monday June 27, 2022.
The state government said that the sealed properties are mostly residential buildings which were converted into commercial use without recourse to physical planning permit laws.
It noted that also sealed are industrial, institutional and commercial structures which do not have planning permit.
Subsequently, the authority advised property owners and developers in Lagos State to seek the input of professionals in Engineering, Building, Planning and Architecture before embarking on the building of any structures. They are advised to: Build Right, Build By the Rules.
What you should know
- The Lagos State Government has in recent times embarked on the demolition and sealing off of properties across the state for breaching the state’s physical planning laws and getting approval from the relevant authorities.
- Serious concerns have been raised over the monitoring of building development by the relevant state agencies and their compliance with the state’s building regulations and physical planning laws.
- Also, the state government is applying stricter controls and regulations for property developers due to increasing cases of collapsed buildings which have claimed many lives in the state.
- The state government had stressed on the need for Planning Permits and Project Boards to be present at every building construction site in the State.
Their should be legal means of acquiring land through land tenure system of enact law, certificate of ownership should be genuinely acquired by ministry of land and physical planning towards ideal measure and protocol. Land belongs to government not individual, all you need to get owner’s occupier copy of land certification must directly come from ministry so their will not problems in the nearest future. Read and digest.
Thank you and God bless, I don’t know why people think they can misbehave as they wish
Please the building housing Nipost post office in Shomolu has been marked for demolishion since 2021 which is in horrible state but up till now your government has refused to do the needful is it when the build collapses that you’ll seal it? This building is in horrible state and innocent people are still left there why can’t you do your job on time and save lives?