Lagos State Government Bans Construction On Weekends & Public Holidays

In a bid to stem the incessant collapse of buildings in the state, Lagos State government has banned developers from working on building construction on weekends, public holidays and at night. Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Toyin Ayinde, disclosed this at a ministerial press conference in Alausa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, lamenting that government had been inundated with cases of collapsed buildings across the state.

 “More worrisome is the fact that some unscrupulous developers and builders have decided to embark on illegal construction work at weekends, public holidays and even at night. This will no longer be tolerated.“Consequently, the ministry will soon extend its service, especially monitoring, removal of illegal structures and arrest developers and their workers found on sites beyond the regular working hours so as to be able to tackle this unwholesome trend and behaviour head-on to stem the preponderance of these illegal activities appropriately,” he stated.

Ayinde said that the state government would soon begin compulsory integrity test on buildings and construction materials before construction in order to identify and remove distressed buildings.

He further disclosed that the government had identified about 407 uncompleted buildings abandoned by their owners across the state, saying such buildings would be confiscated.