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Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by londonrivals: 4:07pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Read the press statement below... The Lagos State Government has expressed its condolences over the death of construction site workers who lost their lives on Tuesday as a result of the collapse of a five-storey building under construction on Kushenla Road, Ikate Elegushi, Lekki. In a press release issued on Wednesday and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Lagos State Government also announced that Based on preliminary reports and investigation, it was discovered that the collapsed building was served contravention notice for exceeding the approved floors and thereafter sealed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency. It added that it has also been discovered that in a brazen act of defiance and impunity, the owners of the building, Messrs Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited, the promoters of Lekki Gardens, criminally unsealed the property and continued building beyond the approved floors until the unfortunate incident of Tuesday which has led to loss of lives. The statement added that arising from the Lagos State Executive Council meeting decision on Wednesday, the State Government will no longer tolerate the action of unscrupulous owners and builders who challenge its supervisory control thereby endangering the lives of Lagosians. The State Government has consequently directed the suspension of work at the site and ordered the Lagos State Police Command to cordon it off as it is now a crime scene. The government also directed further integrity tests be carried out on every other construction project which has or is currently being handled by Messrs Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited in the interest of public safety. Furthermore, the release quoted the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode as saying that all directors of Lekki Worldwide Estate Limited are strongly advised to submit themselves to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police within the next twenty four hours in their own interest or face immediate arrest. The statement also commended the timely response and remarkable intervention by the combined men of the Lagos State Emergency Authority (LASEMA), the Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS), Red Cross, National Emergency Agency (NEMA), Lagos State Building Control Agency and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS). The Lagos State Government also warned that it will no longer be business as usual stating that any developer either on existing or new building projects who fails to comply with building and construction regulations or attempts to subvert the law will henceforth face criminal prosecution. SIGNED STEVE AYORINDE COMMISSIONER, INFORMATION AND STRATEGY LAGOS STATE MARCH 9, 2016 http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/lagos-state-releases-statement-on-lekki.html 3 Likes |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by spinna: 4:17pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
GOBE |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Cutehector(m): 4:17pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Obey d last order |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by otokx(m): 4:24pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
If any law was broken then the company should face the music. 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by baralatie(m): 4:25pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
That contractor enter serious problem. NSE problem Town planning problem State problem Police problemproblem Nema problemproblem All because of poor construction and disobeying state officials 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Lovexme(m): 4:39pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Most buildings in Lagos especially are built with sub-standard materials. |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Davidooooo: 4:39pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Ambode is working, I love Ambode 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by jimb(m): 4:39pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
eyahhh |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by apoti(m): 4:41pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
londonrivals: If this is true, then all the Directors of the company should be prosecuted and jailed for manslaughter. I really pray and hope this incident will birth the implementation of proper Building standards and regulations in Lagos and in Nigeria 11 Likes |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by thefakestan: 4:41pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Property prices go fall. ThefakeStan 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Kgdavid(m): 4:42pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Sad about the loss of lives but really i love this kind of news, where we hear of arrests of the hitherto high and mighty in our country. One step at a time, we shall get there. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Tvegas(m): 4:42pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
This is nonsense, i bet if the building didnt collapse the state officials would have continued to enjoy their loot. This has been going on for long and all Lagos state officials supervising Lekki gardens projects are culprits. The officials should also be prosecuted. 11 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Dottune(m): 4:43pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Good |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by wristbangle: 4:43pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
A welcome development. |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by don4real18(m): 4:43pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Na to go buy land from them quick quick |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by three: 4:43pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Why does the X on th building say 08/03/2016? Did the State Government only determine that adjacent buildings were structurally deficient yesterday? Where have the Building Control Agency been since the construction started? (Image via http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/08/death-toll-rises-in-lekki-gardens-building-collapse-photos/) 9 Likes
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Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by sammyj: 4:43pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Lobatan!! |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Damianbrown(m): 4:44pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
All these building construction agent buyin substandard building material in Nigeria, thereby endangering the lives of common men in the society 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Nobody: 4:44pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
E don hapen. Developers will always cut corners 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by akin7686(m): 4:44pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Nice move by the state govt. I don't know why we can't do things right in this country. |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by richmondefosa(m): 4:45pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
end time collapsing of houses due to the insensitivity of some unscrupulous individuals |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Mushood: 4:46pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
He who have hears should listen... stop patronizing quack 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Davidcollins: 4:46pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Greediness is bad, dis is pure Man inhumanity to man, imagine d lives of poor labourers who v gone to work jst to put food on d table....out of greediness and quest for more moni, developers ignored Govt directives of not building up to 5 storey and went ahead to build on.....how can God 4give such murderers? 1 Like |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by feedthenation(m): 4:48pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
An agent of the Lagos Building Control Agency would be very much aware that building work has resumed on the previously sealed property. It's high time these builders are prosecuted and jailed for manslaughter. RIP to the dead. |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Nobody: 4:52pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Good |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by debson(m): 4:55pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Action. Ambode ti de fun won bayi. |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by Martins4us(m): 4:55pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
The rate at which people are dying these days is just too alarming... may God continue to save us all 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by rodeo0070(m): 4:57pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Honestly, the Code of Hammurabi should be used on this if found guilty: The code includes what could be considered building codes of a sort: 229. If a builder build a house for some one, and does not construct it properly, and the house which he built fall in and kill its owner, then that builder shall be put to death. 230. If it kill the son of the owner the son of that builder shall be put to death. 231. If it kill a slave of the owner, then he shall pay slave for slave to the owner of the house. 232. If it ruin goods, he shall make compensation for all that has been ruined, and inasmuch as he did not construct properly this house which he built and it fell, he shall re-erect the house from his own means. 233. If a builder build a house for some one, even though he has not yet completed it; if then the walls seem toppling, the builder must make the walls solid from his own means. 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by jaybee3(m): 5:02pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Serious Gobe About time they face the music though especially with the fact that they have so many unsatisfied customers You can even visibly see the design flaws on their completed buildings. I couldn't but shake my head seeing such on one of their completed estate around chevron lekki |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by 4nobody4every1: 5:02pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by three: 5:08pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
Location Images via GoogleEarth Note dates and extent of sand filling *This doesn't imply that sand filling is 'evil' but that DUE DILIGENCE & OVERSIGHT need to be carried out to the nth degree on sand filled sites* ALSO PLEASE IS THERE ANY EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) CARRIED OUT FOR ALL THIS SAND FILLING IN THE LEKKI AXIS? First image date is 01/05/2000 Second image date is 08/12/2015 cc brabus, lalasticlala, seun 1 Like
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Re: Lagos State Releases Statement On Lekki Building Collapse That Killed 18 by seunny4lif(m): 5:12pm On Mar 09, 2016 |
At the end of the day nobody go enter jail Same problem with Nigeria government The one a whole FG build dey fall anyhow on top people nothing happen Our government are useless |
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