Bamgbose-Martins reassured Lagos residents that they would see changes in reforms to end building collapse and safeguard lives and investments.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Omotayo Bamgbose-Martins, has said there must be attitudinal change for building collapse to stop in Lagos.
The commissioner spoke on Friday at a roundtable discussion with stakeholders in Ikeja on ending building collapse.
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“We have to clean our house, and we will clean our house,” he said.
The commissioner assured that he would not sack staff but ensure they change their attitude, while improving their capacities and competencies through retraining.
Bamgbose-Martins reassured Lagos residents that they would see changes in reforms to end building collapse and safeguard lives and investments.
He called on developers, individuals and professionals to join hands in tackling the problem.
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“There has to be attitudinal change in order to stop collapse of buildings,” Bamgbose-Martins said.
He said that quality control through the Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory was important and would be sustained.
Bamgbose-Martins vowed that drastic actions would be taken against changing of building designs from the originally approved ones.
While taking questions from journalists, Bamgbose-Martins said the governor had given approval for a team of 60 policemen to back up the building control enforcement officials during visits to construction sites.
Earlier, General Manager, Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Gbolahan Oki, aligned with construction experts, noting that an existing committee working on domestication of the National Building Code was expected to submit its report within two weeks.
Oki said the agency would embark on mass enlightenment campaign across the state towards curbing the menace of building collapse.